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  • The Desperado (1914)
  • Short | Short, Western
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The Desperado (1914)
Short | Short, Western

While Jim Lewis, who has a price on his head, and his girl pal, "Tom," are waiting in a hotel in a western town to meet Jim's mother, the sheriff plans his arrest. Under pretense of trying to find out what is doing, Mom Lewis, who has ...See moreWhile Jim Lewis, who has a price on his head, and his girl pal, "Tom," are waiting in a hotel in a western town to meet Jim's mother, the sheriff plans his arrest. Under pretense of trying to find out what is doing, Mom Lewis, who has arrived on the scene, blockades the doorway and detains the sheriff. Jim manages to escape, but "Tom" is arrested and put in jail. A month later, Jim, who is anxious to find out how the land lies, takes a long chance and secretly returns to his mother's home. He is apprehended by a deputy and trailed. Mom Lewis, knowing that the ranch house is liable to be surrounded and searched, persuades Jim to spend the night in a dugout nearby. The sheriff leaves part of his posse to guard the dugout and returns to the ranch house to search for the fugitive. Mom Lewis is very much unconcerned and allows them to search the house. While they are searching the barn and outbuilding, she makes her way to the dugout. She keeps up a steady firing on the posse all night while Jim attempts to make his escape, but he is wounded, doubles his trail and reaches the house in a roundabout way. where Mom finds him dead. In the meantime, "Tom" has been making desperate love to her jailer and through him manages to get away, but is broken-hearted when she returns home to find Mom Lewis mourning at the grave of Jim. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated Nov 4, 1914

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Nov 4, 1914 (United States)

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