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The Outlaw’s Gratitude
(1913) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Bertram Bracken
Cast: Henry King [Sheriff Ollie Gage], Dolly Larkin [Ethel Moore], Joseph Holland [John Moore, Ethel’s father], Sam Weil [the outlaw]
Lubin Manufacturing Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 11 August 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Standing in the cool waters of the village swimming-hole, Thad Cook shows his playmate his scar, a treasure obtained by a fall from the top of a Missouri pine. As the sport goes on, Ollie Gage, Thad’s chum, is taken with a cramp, and Thad, diving quickly to his rescue, saves his friend from drowning. Twenty years later, in Gila County, Arizona, Ollie Gage is elected sheriff. John Moore, a miner, who has lost his health, is being cared for by his daughter, Ethel, and while walking through the woods they find a wounded outlaw, Robert Dare. Taking him to their cabin Ethel administers to him in such a way as to win his admiration and gratitude. Some weeks later, while in their vicinity, he returns to the cabin to see his little friend, and is startled to find the father very ill and the girl in despair, being without food or money. When Ethel tearfully explains her need of money to take her father to a city specialist. Dare remembers their kindness and determines to get the money for her. Sheriff Ollie Gage is startled to hear that the lonely station a Gila Springs has been robbed. Selecting his deputies he quickly closes in on the outlaw, who eludes the sheriff temporarily, by a cunning piece of deception, Ethel and her father are surprised and thankful when Robert Dare enters their cabin and insists that Mr. Moore accept the needed money. Sheriff Gage enters and arrests Dare, and as he is slipping the handcuffs on him, the men look into each others’ eyes and recognize each other. Gage remembering his Missouri chum’s scar, opens Dare’s shirt and reveals the mark that identifies Dare as his boyhood friend, Thad Cook. Taking in the situation. Gage tells Ethel that he has made a mistake and that Dare is not the man wanted. That night the sheriff of Gila County resigns.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 13 April 2024.
References: Website-IMDb.
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