Love and Handcuffs (1915)

movie

Country: USA
Genres: Drama, Short
Release: 1915-04-24
Director: Sydney Ayres
Writers: Sydney Ayres
Language: None | English
Stars: Sydney Ayres , Wilbur Higby , Doris Pawn , Val Paul , Scott R. Beal
Runtime: min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Love and Handcuffs , Love and Handcuffs (United States of America)
Plot: Case Saunders, an old moonshiner, has two sons, Red and Jack, and a daughter, Elsie. Dick Fuller, a U.S. Secret Service agent, receives orders to investigate the report that Case Saunders is operating a still in Rocky Valley. Red Saunders, old man Saunders' son, is a mountain bully and it is plain to be seen that he dominates both his father, younger brother and his sister. Elsie Saunders meets Dick Fuller, who is captivated by her mountain beauty. Later he is sighted by Red Saunders who shoots him and leaves him for dead. Dick is only slightly injured in the arm, however. Elsie comes to his assistance, bandages the arm and cares for him. Red Saunders orders the destruction of the still owing to the fact that things have become too "warm" for them. Dick Fuller later captures Elsie's father but she outwits him by extracting his handcuffs from his pocket while he is holding her father at the point of his gun and then handcuffs her wrist to that of the secret service agent, thus allowing her father to escape. Red Saunders falls down a cliff as he is about to strike his younger brother and is killed. The father and his remaining son make their way across the border line to safety. Fuller asks the girl tor an explanation of her action, but she says nothing. As the story ends the secret service agent folds her in his strong embrace.
IMDB:tt0352534