The Desert Man (1917)
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William S. Hart directs and stars in a film that is a typical Western of the era. He plays Jim, a prospector who lands in the town of Broken Hope, and the name pretty much describes its inhabitants. Jim meets and falls in love with Jennie (Margery Wilson), whose father (Walt Whitman) is gravely ill. Jim rounds up a reluctant doctor from another town to tend to the old man, but he dies anyway. The doctor, however, gains Jennie's trust and she runs off with him. Only then does he tell her he's already married. She leaves immediately, but is too proud to go home so she finds work as a dance hall girl at Tacoma Jake's saloon. Jim, meanwhile, finds gold near Broken Hope, which raises its inhabitants' attitudes considerably. But the bad element is still there, and Jim is chasing after a group of kidnappers when he enters Tacoma Jake's saloon and sees Jennie. Jim not only overcomes the bad guys, he gets the girl, too.
- Date de sortie
- 22 avril 1917
- Pays d'origine
- États-Unis
Distribution
- William S. Hart dans le rôle de Jim Alton
- Margery Wilson dans le rôle de Jennie
- Buster Irving dans le rôle de Joey
- Henry Belmar dans le rôle de Razor Joe
- Milton Ross dans le rôle de Tacoma Jake
- Jack Livingston dans le rôle de Dr. Howard
- Walt Whitman dans le rôle de Old Burns
- Josephine Headley dans le rôle de Katy
Équipe technique
- William S. Hart · Réalisateur
- Martin Brown · Scénariste
- Lambert Hillyer · Scénariste
- Thomas H. Ince · Producteur
- Joseph H. August · Directeur de la photographie