The Desert Man (1917)

movie

Country: USA
Genres: Western
Release: 1917-04-22
Director: William S. Hart
Writers: Martin Brown , Lambert Hillyer
Language: None | English
Stars: William S. Hart , Margery Wilson , Buster Irving , Henry Belmar , Milton Ross , Jack Livingston , Walt Whitman , Josephine Headley
Runtime: 50 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Manden uden Fædreland (Denmark) , The Desert Man (United States of America) , The Desert Man (United Kingdom) , The Desert Man
Plot: Prospector Jim Alton stumbles upon a dying woman, while traveling across the desert, she implores him to care for her little boy Joey. Jim takes the boy to town, where he encounters Joey's brutal father, Razor Joe, and falls in love with Jennie, a young girl whose father is dying. After running Joe out of town, Jim settles down to make a home for Joey. Jim rides to the neighboring town to bring back Dr. Howard after Jennie's father takes a turn for the worse. Soon after, the old man dies and the doctor convinces Jennie to return to his home and marry him. Upon discovering that the doctor already has a wife in New York, Jennie leaves him, but, too proud to go home, accepts a position in a dance hall. Meanwhile, Razor Joe and his gang kidnap Joey. Jim follows, confronts them with his guns drawn, and rescues the boy. All ends well as Jim and Jennie are reunited and, together with Joey, begin life anew as a family.
IMDB:tt0007849