God's Outlaw
Cast & Crew
William Christy Cabanne
Francis X. Bushman
Beverly Bayne
Helen Dunbar
Samuel Framer
Charles A. Fang
Film Details
Synopsis
In the small town of Quinine, Andrew Craig, the sheriff, and Rufus Sanborn, the blacksmith, both love Mary Mason. To impress Mary, Andrew buys a new set of clothes, but his choice amuses her. However, when others also laugh, Mary begins to be sincerely touched by his effort. Mary's mother encourages Percy Smallwood, who expects to inherit a fortune, to court Mary. After Mary turns down Andrew's proposal because of her mother, Percy is falsely accused of fathering the child of a cabaret girl in a neighboring village. When Mary, who is protecting Percy, promises to wed Andrew if he lets Percy escape, Andrew accepts, but when he learns of Percy's innocence, he offers to release Mary from the agreement. Later, when Sanborn is about to attack Percy, Andrew intercedes. After he thrashes Sanborn, Percy, whom Mary does not love, allows her romance with Andrew to continue uninterrupted.
Director
William Christy Cabanne
Cast
Francis X. Bushman
Beverly Bayne
Helen Dunbar
Samuel Framer
Charles A. Fang
Belle Bruce
Valentine Mott
Emily Chichester
Film Details
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Some scenes in this film were shot in Enfield Falls, NY. This film was shot in 1917, but was not released until 1919, when humorous titles were added which kidded the original film's seriousness, and the heroics of Francis X. Bushman. In the film, as originally shot, Andrew is a young lawyer who is intensely religious. He vows never to enter a church again after his mother dies and his sweetheart becomes engaged to another. He leaves town and becomes a sheriff in another town. After the events related in the synopsis of this film, Andrew brings Percy to marry Ruth and goes off to bear his grief alone. He is carried unconscious to a wayside shrine, where, after praying for God's assistance, he sees Ruth and believes that she is a vision. They are reunited after she convinces him that she is real. A news item appearing in 1917 said that Charles Brabin was the director while a 1919 review states that Cabanne directed the film several years earlier. The film was originally scheduled to be released in December 1917. One source lists the name of the actor who played "Rufus Sanborn" as Samuel Kramer, while other sources list the name as Samuel Framer.
