The World Against Him

The World Against Him (1916)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1916-12-25
  • Runtime: 1h 0min
  • Language: No Language
  • Production Company: Paragon Films
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Frank Hall Crane

Summary

Cowboy Mark West lives on a ranch with his sister Mary, who suffers from a serious spinal disorder. Flighty East Coast socialite Violet Ridgeway flirts with Mark while vacationing at the ranch but returns to her fiancée, Dr. Welsh, when she leaves. Mark has been working hard to earn money for an operation Mary, which Doctor Welsh and Doctor Boyd agree to perform without telling him how dangerous it is. When Mary dies Mark receives a letter detailing the doctor’s risk-taking, filled with vengeance Mark kills Boyd, but Welsh flees to safety. Mark is imprisoned, but Violet convinces him to marry her, satisfying a stipulation in her late aunt's will. Mark escapes taking Welsh and Violet hostage. They are set upon by a villain and in the confrontation Welsh’s cowardly act shows Violet Mark’s true worth and the pair escapes to freedom across the Canadian border.

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  • E.K. Lincoln

    as Mark West
  • June Elvidge

    as Violet Ridgeway
  • Ruth Findlay

    as Ruth West
  • John St. Polis

    as Dr. Hamilton Welsh
  • Frederick Truesdell

    as Dr. Samuel Boyd
  • Julia Stuart

    as Mrs. Cranby
  • Nicholas Dunaew

    as Peblo
  • Viola Benton

    as Vivian Gould
  • Edward Borein

    as Ben Ridgers
  • Scar Face

    as Self
Directing Frank Hall Crane Director
Writing A.B. Himes Scenario Writer
Camera Sol Polito Director of Photography
Crew William A. Brady Presenter

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