Human Wreckage

Human Wreckage is a 1923 American independent silent drama film that starred Dorothy Davenport. The film was produced by Davenport and Thomas H. Ince. No print of this film is known to exist today, and it is considered a lost film.

Alan feels the pressures of his job and is introduced to a doctor at his club. When he becomes addicted, he is blackmailed by his peddlers to represent their friends in court. Jimmy, now off the smack and a taxi driver, hears of these goings on. When he discovers that his passenger is the leader of the dope ring, he resolves to aide the war on narcotics by crashing the vehicle headon into an oncoming train, killing them both. Alan gets treated for his addiction and begins to fight the pushers in court, all the while, pushing for stronger laws against addictive substances.At the films close, the films producer, Dorothy Davenport, who plays Ethel, and who was Wallace Reids wife, addresses the audience directly, imploring them to support her in her crusade to wipe out the menace of narcotics. ........

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