The Great Divide

The Great Divide

1929 · 72 min · ★ 5.3 · Action, Romance, Western

Stephen Ghent, a mineowner, falls in love with Ruth Jordan, an arrogant girl from the East, unaware that she is the daughter of his dead partner. Ruth is vacationing in Arizona and Mexico with a fast set of friends, including her fiancé, Edgar. Manuella, a Spanish halfbreed hopelessly in love with Ghent, causes Ruth to return to her fiancé when she insinuates that Ghent belongs to her. Ghent follows Ruth, kidnaps her, and takes her into the wilderness to endure hardship. There she discovers that she loves Ghent, and she discards Edgar in favor of him.

Directed by Reginald Barker · Written by William Vaughn Moody

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Dorothy Mackaill Ruth Jordan
Ian Keith Steven Ghent
Myrna Loy Manuella
Creighton Hale Edgar Blossom
Lucien Littlefield Texas Tommy
Ben Hendricks Jr. Dutch Romero
George Fawcett Macgregor
Claude Gillingwater Winthrop Amesbury
Roy Stewart Joe Morgan
Jean Laverty Verna
Frank Tang Wong
Bill Elliott Ruth's Friend (uncredited)

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