The screenplay by Ruth Wightman is based on Gouverneur Morris's[1] story The Purple Flask, which was serialized in two parts in Cosmopolitan magazine in 1917.

One unique feature of this film is that the main title of the movie isn't written on the screen; rather an Ace of Hearts card is shown in its place instead.

They meet to decide the fate of a wealthy businessman they have been keeping under surveillance known as “The Man Who Has Lived Too Long” and vote to dispatch him with a homemade bomb concealed in a cigar case.

At a meeting later that day, as per their custom, Lilith deals playing cards, one at a time, to each of the society members; whoever receives the Ace of Hearts is to carry out the assassination.

Laughing, he carries out his part of the bargain with Lilith by setting off the bomb at the secret society's table, killing all present.

The film was originally shot with a different ending in which Forrest, Lilith and their baby are shown living in the mountains, believing they have escaped death with Farallone's help.

It reunited him with director Wallace Worsley and co-star John Bowers after their work on The Penalty (1920), also based on a Gouverneur Morris novel.

The action drags considerably though the lapses permit Lon Chaney and the other players to reveal some colorful character studies."