The Rat (1925 film)

The Rat is a 1925 British silent film drama, directed by Graham Cutts and starring Ivor Novello, Mae Marsh and Isabel Jeans. The film is based on a play written by Novello and Constance Collier, set in the Parisian criminal underworld. The films louche settings and melodramatic storyline proved popular with audiences, and its success spawned two sequels, The Triumph of the Rat 1926 and The Return of the Rat 1929.

One evening Zlie has an arrangement to attend a performance at the Folies Bergre with friends. Fearing that this will be a dreary evening out, she asks Herman to arrange an aftertheatre party for them at the White Coffin Club, a notorious lowlife hangout, to end the evening on an exciting note. Pierre also attends the Folies Bergres that evening on the lookout for easy pickings, and steals Zlies cigarette case. Meanwhile Odile has noticed that Pierre has gone out without his knife, and goes to the White Coffin with it. Herman notices her and is struck by her beauty and navety. He is in the process of trying to force his attentions on her when Pierre arrives and violently throws him out of the club, warning him never to return.Zlie and her friends arrive at the White Coffin. Watching Pierre win a knife fight and performing a wild dance with one of the clubs showgirls, she is intrigued and strikes up a conversation with him. Pierre recognises her from the Folies Bergres and returns her cigarette case. After she leaves, Pierre receives a note with her address, inviting him to visit. Unknown to Zlie, Herman has had her movements watched and when she arrives home he confronts her about her earlier conduct with Pierre. When she does not deny her fascination with Him, Herman says that he is going out and expects to find her gone by the time he returns. ........

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