The Gauntlet
Cast & Crew
Edwin L. Hollywood
Harry T. Morey
Louiszita Valentine
Frank Hagney
Walter Horton
Charles Eldridge
Film Details
Synopsis
Dispatched to Tennessee to investigate the sudden interest that a large syndicate is exhibiting in a piece of land owned by his father, Roderick Beverly meets and falls in love with Nessy Worthing, the daughter of one of the local clans who has returned home after a six-year absence in boarding school. Met by suspicion by the local moonshiners, Rod is accused of slaying one of the clan members. A lynching party is gathering when Nessy, desperate to save her lover, promises to marry former suitor Buck Higby if he saves Rod. Meantime, while imprisoned, Rod discovers that the deputy sheriff, Dan Barrows, has concealed valuable mineral deposits on his father's land. The two men fight, and in making his escape Barrows is mistaken for Rod and shot. Buck then confesses to the Worthing slaying and is shot for his crime, freeing Nessy to marry Rod.
Director
Edwin L. Hollywood
Cast
Harry T. Morey
Louiszita Valentine
Frank Hagney
Walter Horton
Charles Eldridge
Arden Page
Eleanor Barry
Robert Gaillard
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Notes
The story that served as the basis of this film was originally published in a magazine. The working title of this film was The Gauntlet of Greed. Some scenes were shot near Asheville, NC, in the Tennessee mountains, and in Saugerties, NY.
