The Sting of the Lash (1921)

movie

Country: USA
Genres: Drama
Release: 1921-09-11
Director: Henry King
Writers: Harvey Gates , H. Tipton Steck
Language: None
Stars: Pauline Frederick , Clyde Fillmore , Lawson Butt , Lionel Belmore , Jack Richardson , Edwin Stevens , Betty Hall , Evelyn McCoy , Percy Challenger
Runtime: 60 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: The Sting of the Lash , Mineejerens Hustru (Denmark) , The Sting of the Lash (United States of America)
Plot: When her father is killed in an automobile accident on a western ranch, Dorothy Keith falls in love with young miner Joel Gant and marries him. Gant's claim is seized by her cousin, Ben, on behalf of a development company, and the couple go through years of poverty and hardship. Gant resorts to bootlegging and drinking, while Dorothy does washing to support herself and Gant's niece, Crissy. Rhodes, a lawyer for the mining company who is interested in Dorothy, offers Gant a job, which he refuses; when Gant threatens to strike Crissy with a whip, Dorothy has him secured and lashes him severely. Gant is arrested for bootlegging, and Dorothy gets a position with the mining company through Rhodes and refuses to live with her husband after his release. Later, however, he reforms, and they are reunited.
IMDB:tt0012725