The Toll Gate
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Lambert Hillyer
William S. Hart
Anna Q. Nilsson
Jack Richardson
Joseph Singleton
Richard Headrick
Film Details
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Synopsis
"The Raiders," an outlaw band led by Black Deering, has eluded the law for three years. After Jordan, Deering's "lieutenant," convinces the band, against Deering's wishes, to perform one last train robbery, the band is met by an army waiting for them on the train. Deering is captured and Jordan receives a reward. An officer, remembering that Deering earlier rode eighty miles to warn an army post of an impending Apache attack, convinces the others to look away while Deering escapes. At a border town, Deering robs and burns down Jordan's cantina and is pursued by Jordan's band of Mexicans and the sheriff's posse. Because Deering rescues a drowning child, the child's mother, Mary Brown, allows him to pose as her husband. Learning that Mary is Jordan's deserted wife, Deering is tempted to rape her to avenge himself against Jordan, but overcomes his anger. After Deering assists the posse to route the Mexicans, he struggles with Jordan and pushes him off a cliff. Allowed to go free because they are in Mexico, Deering kisses Mary, who returns to the United States.
Director
Lambert Hillyer
Cast
William S. Hart
Anna Q. Nilsson
Jack Richardson
Joseph Singleton
Richard Headrick
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Notes
Modern sources list the film's source as an original story by Hart entitled "By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them." Some scenes in the film were shot in Sonoma and Tuolomne Counties, CA. The film was re-issued later in the 1920's to the state rights market by Sandee Pictures.
