Name: The Greater Law
Released: 1917
Cast: Myrtle Gonzalez, Gretchen Lederer, Maud Emory, G. M. Rickerts, Lawrence Peyton

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Release Date

Jul 16, 1917

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.

Distribution Company

Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.

Country

United States

Screenplay Information

Based on the short story "The Code of the Klondyke" by Charles J. Wilson, Jr. (publication undetermined).

Synopsis

Failing to hear from her brother Jimmy after his departure for the Klondike, Barbara Henderson goes in search of him. Arriving in the frozen North, Barbara learns that her brother has been murdered and vows vengeance. Because the town's small hotel is filled to capacity, Barbara accepts an offer of lodging from old Tully Winkle in return for her keeping house for him and his prospecting partner, Cort Dorian. Barbara and Cort fall in love, but Barbara refuses to marry Cort until she solves the mystery of her brother's death. From various sources she learns that Jimmy's disappearance was preceded by a shoot-out between him and prospector Laberge over Seattle Lou. Barbara then makes the acquaintance of Laberge, who tells her that Cort shot Jimmy. Barbara insists upon fighting a duel with Cort, who fires into the air and is wounded by Barbara's bullet. Just as the shots are fired, Tully appears with the news that Seattle Lou has just arrived in town with her new husband, Jimmy Henderson.