- Country: USA
- Genres: Western
- Release: 1917-10-22
- Director: Rupert Julian
- Writers: Elliott J. Clawson , Eugene Manlove Rhodes
- Language: None | English
- Stars: Ruth Clifford , Monroe Salisbury , W.H. Bainbridge , Rupert Julian , Milton Brown , Allan Sears
- Runtime: 50 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: The Desire of the Moth , The Desire of the Moth (United States of America)
- Plot: Christoper Foy, who is running away from the authorities, is injured during his escape and takes refuge at the mountain cabin of Colonel Vorhis and his daughter Stella. Stella takes pity on Foy, and the Colonel, admiring Foy's confession of guilt, takes steps to have him pardoned. He and Stella fall in love and Foy remains honest, but when he is accused of cattle stealing, he again runs away. When John Wesley Pringle, who also loves Stella, learns that Foy is innocent but is the object of a conspiracy, he helps Foy by uncovering the plot. Despite his love for Stella, Pringle helps to prove that Foy is innocent so that Stella can find happiness with the man she loves.
- IMDB:tt0007851
The Desire of the Moth Cast · · · ALL
Rupert Julian
Director
Ruth Clifford
Stella Vorhis
Monroe Salisbury
Christopher Roy
W.H. Bainbridge
Col. Vorhis
Rupert Julian
John Wesley Pringle
Milton Brown
Matt Lisner
Allan Sears
Dick Marr (as Al Sears)