Name: Desert Law
Released: 1918
Cast: Al Whitman, Jack Richardson, George Pearce, Leota Lorraine, Ray Hanford

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Also Known As

Mountain Law

Release Date

Sep 15, 1918

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

Triangle Film Corp.

Distribution Company

Triangle Distributing Corp.

Country

United States

Technical Specs

Sound

Silent

Color

Black and White

Film Length

4,006ft (5 reels)

Synopsis

Rufe Dorsey, the brutal, unscrupulous boss of Santee, covets homesteader Donald McLane's oil-rich lands as well as his pretty sweetheart, Julia Wharton. To get him out of the way, Dorsey and his henchmen frame Donald for murder and imprison him. While Julia's brothers smuggle Donald out of prison and into hiding on the Wharton ranch, Julia writes to the state governor for help, and soon a stranger appears and begins to question the local homesteaders about the case. Dorsey discovers Donald's whereabouts, and he and his men ride to the ranch and open fire. The stranger, who believes that Donald is innocent, wires the state militia for reinforcements and then joins forces with the Whartons to defend the ranch. The stranger reveals to Dorsey that he is the governor of the state, and in desperation, the outlaw tries to kill him. At that moment the state militia arrives and Dorsey is finally defeated.