The Money Corral
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Lambert Hillyer
William S. Hart
Jane Novak
Herschel Mayall
Winter Hall
Rhea Mitchell
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Montana cowpuncher Lem Beason quits his job when his boss refuses to let him go to the rodeo. While winning the shooting championship, Lem attracts the attention of Chicago railroad magnate Gregory Collins, whose vault has just been robbed for the second time, and his guard killed. Collins offers Lem the job, but he turns it down until he meets Collins' poor but beautiful niece Rose. Disregarding death threats, and acting on instructions from Collins's secretary Carl Bruler, Lem goes to a dive to look for the robbers of the vault, which Lem calls "the money corral." He rescues a pretty girl and bests some of the Chicago underworld, but then discovers that the girl was trying to lure him to his death. After Rose rescues Lem from the ridicule of Collins' daughter and her society friends, they decide to go West, but first Lem catches Bruler and his gang robbing the safe. In gratitude, Collins gives Lem and Rose a ranch.
Director
Lambert Hillyer
Cast
William S. Hart
Jane Novak
Herschel Mayall
Winter Hall
Rhea Mitchell
Patricia Palmer
Ira Mcfadden
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Sources conflict concerning who directed and wrote this film. The title sheet for the film in the copyright descriptions and an advertisement list Lambert Hillyer as the sole director. Some reviews list William S. Hart as the sole director, while other reviews, Paramount publicity, and news items credit both of them. The copyright records and some reviews credit both Hillyer and Hart with the story, while other reviews credit only Hart, and an advertisement credits Hillyer with the scenario and Charles Alden Seltzer with the story. According to a modern source, the film is from the story "Somebody's Fool" by William S. Hart.
