The Measure of a Man

The Measure of a Man

1916 · 50 min · Drama

Divinity student John Fairmeadow likes his liquor and as a result is expelled from the seminary. He travels out West and lands in a camp where lumberman Batch has just died. He reads the funeral service and befriends the dead man's daughter Pattie.

Directed by Jack Conway · Written by Norman Duncan

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