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At the Crucial Moment (1914)
Short | Drama, Short, Western

At the Crucial Moment (1914)

Short | Drama, Short, Western

Dr. Bronson has a theory for a new operation. Chief among the scoffers is old Dr. Dayton, the father of the young surgeon's fiancée. Bronson has worked so hard that his mind has begun to weaken under the strain. The first evidence of this ...See moreDr. Bronson has a theory for a new operation. Chief among the scoffers is old Dr. Dayton, the father of the young surgeon's fiancée. Bronson has worked so hard that his mind has begun to weaken under the strain. The first evidence of this is detected by his sweetheart who warns her father. At this crisis a man offers himself to young Bronson and a volunteer subject for the experiment. Bronson having promised him a large sum in payment for the service. The applicant, whose child is dying for want of things which money could buy, readily submits to the Doctor's terms. After hearing his daughter's suspicions, old Dr. Dayton hastens to the office where he finds that a man has been prepared for the operation. He warns the attendants to be on the alert for any signs of insanity on the doctor's part. In the meantime, the young wife of the man who has offered to sell his own life that his child might live, discovers her husband's plan and hastens after him. The patient is stretched upon the operating table and an anesthetic administered. The old doctor, the nurse and the attendants, ready at a moment's notice to spring upon the young surgeon, see him approach the operating table, take from his pocket a test tube containing a deadly culture and dash the contents upon his sterilized scalpels. They all spring towards him but the maniac whips a gun from his pocket and holds them at bay. Gun in hand he lays the patient bare for the incision, and just as he raises the murderous scalpel the victim's wife enters the room with a policeman. When the spectator's emotions are straining towards the breaking point, it is discovered that the gruesome deed is only a moving picture thrill. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Robert Frazer Dr. Bronson Dr. Bronson See fewer	The Vampire Bat (1933)
Edna Payne Edna Edna See fewer	The Sacrifice of Jonathan Gray (1915)
Will E. Sheerer Dr. Dayton Dr. Dayton See fewer	Graft (1915)
Norbert A. Myles Edna's Father Edna's Father See fewer	The Daughter of Dawn (1920)