Movie
Desert Law
1918 · 50 min
A straightforward silent Western that moves quickly through a frame-up and a siege toward a tidy rescue.
- Directed by
- Jack Conway
- Genres
- Drama, Western
- Starring
- Gayne Whitman, Jack Richardson, George C. Pearce
- Overview
- Don McLane and Julia Wharton are engaged. Rufe Dorsey, the local boss, who is above the law, covets Julia and "frames" Don for murder. He is given a prison sentence. Don is liberated at a junction point by Julia's brothers and they beat a retreat to the Wharton homestead, whither Dorsey goes to get the prisoner again. A stranger who recently appeared in the town joins the defending forces and when the fight goes against them he reveals himself to Dorsey as the Governor of the state.
- How it feels
- Brisk and easy to follow.
- About
- Justice, corruption, love, betrayal
- 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
- Jack Conway
- Genres
- Drama, Western
- Starring
- Gayne Whitman, Jack Richardson, George C. Pearce
