Paws of the Bear

Paws of the Bear (1917) is a drama, war film directed by Reginald Barker.

In Belgium, at the outbreak of the war, Russian agent Olga Raminoff shoots at a German general when the enemy enters town. Ray Bourke, an American traveler, gives her the protection of his name, but nevertheless both are sentenced to death. They are rescued by an allied rescue plane and later, bound for home, Ray meets an old college friend, Curt Schreiber, who is in the service of the German government. Schreiber has important papers to be delivered to Washington and, knowing that he will be searched on board ship, gives them to Ray. Olga beseeches Ray to give the papers up for her sake, but his word to Schreiber is sacred. Nearing America, Ray tells her that he will make an effort to return the papers if she will marry him.

Cast

William Desmond

Ray Bourke

Clara Williams

Olga Raminoff

Robert McKim

Boris Drakoff

Wallace Worsley

Curt Schrieber

Charles K. French

Gen. von Mittendorf