Hands Down

Hands Down

1918 · 50 min · Drama, Western

Miner Dan Stuyvesant finally strikes it rich, but on his way to report his claim, he is shot. When Jack Dedlow, the head of a gang of outlaws, hears this news, he rides to Stuyvesant's cabin intending to secure the claim for himself. There the outlaws find Stuyvesant's daughter Hilda, the sweetheart of Tom Flynn, and are about to draw cards for her when Dago Sam pulls out his guns and spirits her out the door. Because Tom is his only friend, Sam determines to protect Hilda from the gang, but when Tom suspiciously questions his intentions toward Hilda, Sam decides to live up to the town's poor opinion of him.

Directed by Rupert Julian · Written by Elliott J. Clawson

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Monroe Salisbury Dago Sam
W.H. Bainbridge Dan Stuyvesant
Ruth Clifford Hilda Stuyvesant
Rupert Julian Tom Flynn
Rita Pickering Marina
Al W. Filson Jack Dedlow (as Al Filson)

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