A "scientific detective" story about the attempted murder of a wealthy New Yorker in his mountain lodge is framed with a satire of Hollywood as the writer of the story comically tries to get the script read and accepted by a studio.
William Desmond
as The Author / Horace Lee
Robert McKim
as Donald Greene
J. Barney Sherry
as Richard Deering
Margaret Thompson
as Evelyn Deering
Joseph J. Dowling
as The Butler
Jerome Storm
as Butler's Son
Louis Durham
as Joe
J. Frank Burke
as The Specialist
Reginald Barker
as Himself
C. Gardner Sullivan
as Himself
