Desert Law (1918)
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.
- Date of release
- 1918-09-15
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Drama, Western
- Director
- Jack Conway
Casting
- Gayne Whitman — Donald McLane
- Jack Richardson — Rufe Dorsey
- George C. Pearce — The Stranger
- Leota Lorraine — Julia Wharton
- Ray Hanford — Sheriff
- Bert Appling — Deputy
- Jim Farley — Deputy
- Phil Gastrock — Logan
- Joseph Singleton — Jim
- Leo Pierson — Dick
- Curley Baldwin — Buck
- Walt Whitman
Interesting facts
Desert Law is a 1918 American silent Western film directed by Jack Conway and starring Gayne Whitman, Jack Richardson and George C. Pearce.
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