Movie
The Forfeit
1919 · 50 min
A stately silent Western that trades gunplay for family ruin, moving from city drawing rooms to dusty cattle country with a somber, deliberate gravity.
- Directed by
- Frank Powell
- Genres
- Drama, Western
- Starring
- House Peters, Jane Miller, William Human
- Overview
- Disinherited by his father, Jeffrey Masters leaves his New York home and amasses a fortune in Texas cattle country. When his younger brother Bob marries Elvine Van Blooren, known as Effie, contrary to his father's wishes, he also is disinherited. Like Jeffrey, Bob goes West, but turns to rustling and becomes the leader of a gang. When Effie, who knows nothing about Bob's involvement with the gang, learns about their hiding place, she informs on them for a much needed $10,000 reward.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, tense, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Family, betrayal, greed, crime
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Frank Powell
- Genres
- Drama, Western
- Starring
- House Peters, Jane Miller, William Human
