The Desert Man

Synopsis

William S. Hart directs and stars in a film that is a typical Western of the era. He plays Jim, a prospector who lands in the town of Broken Hope, and the name pretty much describes its inhabitants. Jim meets and falls in love with Jennie (Margery Wilson), whose father (Walt Whitman) is gravely ill. Jim rounds up a reluctant doctor from another town to tend to the old man, but he dies anyway. The doctor, however, gains Jennie's trust and she runs off with him. Only then does he tell her he's already married. She leaves immediately, but is too proud to go home so she finds work as a dance hall girl at Tacoma Jake's saloon. Jim, meanwhile, finds gold near Broken Hope, which raises its inhabitants' attitudes considerably. But the bad element is still there, and Jim is chasing after a group of kidnappers when he enters Tacoma Jake's saloon and sees Jennie. Jim not only overcomes the bad guys, he gets the girl, too.

Main Cast

William S. Hart

Jim Alton

Age : 81 | Popularity : 4%

Margery Wilson

Jennie

Age : 89 | Popularity : 4%

Buster Irving

Joey

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Henry Belmar

Razor Joe

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Milton Ross

Tacoma Jake

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Jack Livingston

Dr. Howard

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Walt Whitman

Old Burns

Age : 68 | Popularity : 3%

Josephine Headley

Katy

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Lambert Hillyer
	Story	Martin Brown
Camera	Director of Photography	Joseph H. August
Production	Producer	Thomas H. Ince
Directing	Director	William S. Hart
Department	Role	Name

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