Eugene Aram is a 1915 American silent historical film directed by Richard Ridgely and starring Marc McDermott, Mabel Trunnelle and Gladys Hulette.
[1] Eugene Aram is a down-on-his luck character, who is explained to be a distant relation of Richard Housman, who is a criminal just trying to get by.
Housman comes across a letter written by a man named Clark Lester to his son, Walter.
The letter promises a reward of jewels and valuables to Walter, who has saved a man's life in India.
Housman decides that he should rob Clark of his jewels and valuables, and takes Eugene along with him.
Walter, the son of the dead Clark, lives in Grassdale and is in love with a woman named Madeline.
At the glen, Housman demands money to keep him quiet, or else he will inform Eugene's friends about Clark's murder.
He takes them to St. Robert's cave, unearths the skeleton of Clark, and then tells Walter that Eugene committed the murder.