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A Recoiling Vengeance (1916)
Short | Short, Drama

A Recoiling Vengeance (1916)

Short | Short, Drama

To John Clifford, confidential agent of the British Secret Service, is given the task of delivering into the hands of the Ameer of Afghanistan important papers. Mme. Aimee LeDoux, adventuress, and in the employ of the Turkish government, ...See moreTo John Clifford, confidential agent of the British Secret Service, is given the task of delivering into the hands of the Ameer of Afghanistan important papers. Mme. Aimee LeDoux, adventuress, and in the employ of the Turkish government, is sent to get the papers away from Clifford. She and her three confederates board the ship, Brama, on which Clifford and his young wife sail next day for India. As Clifford, his wife, and the adventuress are walking on the deck one of Mme LeDoux's confederates drops from an advantageous position on an upper deck a pail of water on the head of Clifford. Instantly the two other agents run up as though to help. Helene kneels by her husband's side and Mme. LeDoux stoops to aid her, thus shielding the actions of the two men who search Clifford's pockets, securing a mass of papers before the captain and other passengers come up. The injured man recovers consciousness and is taken to his cabin where it is found that he was only stunned. He then tells his wife that he felt the men going through his pockets. But the two men did not get the much-wanted papers. He is alarmed for their safety, but his wife offers a plan. Carefully she folds the papers and pins them around her Panama hat, slipping the silk scarf over them. The party arrives safely in India. Still not suspecting that Mme. LeDoux has had anything to do with the attack, the Cliffords invite her to accompany them to an army post in the northern part of India, where Mrs. Clifford is to await her husband's return from Afghanistan. Mme. LeDoux goes with the Cliffords after leaving instructions with her agents to follow them. Arriving at the post the officer in charge informs Clifford that he has been apprised of his coming and has arranged for a camel train with military escort into Afghanistan, leaving the next morning. Mme. LeDoux hears this news with a scowl, and that night the conspirators manage to secure both Clifford and his wife. Mme. LeDoux to get rid of Helen, Clifford's wife, has one of her agents carry the young woman to the notorious Nysam of Thrahore. Arrived at the harem, Helene arouses the jealousy of Thesba, who is the favorite of the Nysam. Martha and one of the unhappy inmates of the harem takes Helene under her protection. Together they escape into the jungle after bribing a eunuch. The Nysam discovers the escape and starts out to search for the runaways. Thesba, infuriated, hides in the elephant's howdah. Meanwhile, Mme. LeDoux has taken Clifford to the ruins of an ancient temple where she thinks they will be safe from possible pursuit. Martha and Helene escape through the jungle, but the latter sprains her ankle and at last can go no farther. They see the ruins in the distance and Martha decides that Helene shall hide there while she goes for help. Suddenly Helene spies her husband and runs to him, Mme. LeDoux's men instantly separate the two, Helen's hat falling to the ground in her struggles. Martha realizing that they have fallen into a hornet's nest, hurries into the jungle towards the army post. The next morning Mme. LeDoux realizes that the absence of the Cliffords must soon be discovered by the soldiers at the post and determines to act at once. "We will now provide you with entertainment," she announces to Clifford, and leads him out, followed by one man, while the other seizes Helene. When Mme. LeDoux's party first arrive at the ruins, they discovered two tigers inhabiting a room. Quickly barring the doorway they imprisoned the tigers. Mme. LeDoux then leads Clifford along a wall overlooking the den below. A moment later his eyes behold Helene on the opposite wall. "Tell me where the papers are or I will have your wife thrown into the den of tigers," declares Mme. LeDoux. "Don't tell her. Don't tell her, John," calls Helene wildly, "She does not dare to do it and besides, Martha has gone for the soldiers." At the news Mme. LeDoux, infuriated, gives the signal to the man holding Helene. He gives the girl a push and down she falls into the tigers' den. Clifford pushes aside Mme. LeDoux's restraining hand, snatches the whip from her girdle and jumps down into the den beside his wife. Just then the native whom Mme. LeDoux had beaten some time ago because he was caressing Helene creeps up behind her and pushes her into the den. The tigers see the broken body on the flags at the opposite side of the den, and are attracted by the smell of blood. Clifford and Helene escape from the barred doorway to meet the soldiers whom Martha has brought. The soldiers congratulate Clifford, and the captain asks concerning the papers. "They are quite safe," replies Clifford, and they return to the courtyard where the papers are indeed found, still reposing under the scarf of the Panama hat. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Edward Hearn John Clifford John Clifford See fewer	As No Man Has Loved (1925)
Betty Schade Helene Clifford Helene Clifford See fewer	Bare Fists (1919)
Rosita Marstini Mme. Aimee Ledoux Mme. Aimee Ledoux See fewer	Blood and Sand (1922)
Albert Miller Nysam of Thrahore Nysam of Thrahore See fewer	A Recoiling Vengeance (1916)
Caroline Meredith Thesba - the Nysam's Favorite Thesba - the Nysam's Favorite See fewer	A Recoiling Vengeance (1916)

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