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On the Brink of the Chasm (1912)
Short | Short, Drama, Western

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On the Brink of the Chasm (1912)

Short | Short, Drama, Western

Three settlers, one a woman, are attacked by Indians. It so happens that one of the men is the accepted sweetheart of tie girl, and the other is the rejected suitor. The latter, in order to save his friends, manages to help them escape, ...See moreThree settlers, one a woman, are attacked by Indians. It so happens that one of the men is the accepted sweetheart of tie girl, and the other is the rejected suitor. The latter, in order to save his friends, manages to help them escape, while he, himself, is trapped within a burning cabin. He, too, however, escapes because the Indians, believing he will burn to death, leave the cabin to pursue the others, The lovers anally are caught, tied to a stake and are about to be burned to death, when on the crest of a nearby hill suddenly looms up the figure of the man supposed to have perished amid the charred embers of the cabin. He holds aloft in his hand an Indian papoose, and having made sure that the Indians see it, he rides desperately away, hotly pursued by the Indians, who leave their victims for the while. Finally, catching up with the fleeing pale face, they find him standing on a little projecting rock eighty feet above the roaring mountain stream; one hand is outstretched over the dizzy abyss and from this hand dangles the helpless Indian child. Warning the Indians that if they approach he will dash the child to the rocks below, he parleys with them, and finally holding the child as a hostage, sends them back to release his friends. The timely arrival of other traders saves the trio at the last moment, when everything began to look very dark. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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3 cast members

Name	Known for
Paul Panzer 1st Settler - the Rejected Suitor 1st Settler - the Rejected Suitor See fewer	The Black Book (1929)
Crane Wilbur 2nd Settler 2nd Settler See fewer	The Bat (1959)
Octavia Handworth 3rd Settler (unconfirmed) 3rd Settler (unconfirmed) See fewer	Too Much Bull (1915)