The Unbroken Promise
Cast & Crew
Frank Powell
Jane Miller
Sidney Mason
William Human
John Smiley
Dick Le Strange
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Synopsis
Nell Loring, a Texas sheep rancher's daughter, stops a fight between her father and his neighbor John Corliss, a cattleman, who have feuded for years. Although John loves Nell, he keeps it secret when she promises to marry his errant brother Billy if he stops drinking. After John rescues Nell from a runaway horse, though, she confesses that she really loves him. Worried about the feud, Nell makes John promise never to kill anyone. After Billy is wounded in a barroom brawl, John refuses him money until he reforms. Angered, Billy plots with Fadeaway, a cowboy John dismissed, to rob John's safe. John remembers his promise during his subsequent fight with Fadeaway and only punches him soundly. After Fadeaway is killed by the sister of a woman he betrayed, John, believing that Nell killed him, plants evidence to convict himself. Although Billy, now reformed, tries to take the blame, the murderer's written confession frees John to marry Nell.
Director
Frank Powell
Cast
Jane Miller
Sidney Mason
William Human
John Smiley
Dick Le Strange
Robert Taber
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This film was shot in Texas. Knibbs' novel was filmed twice by Universal: in 1920 as Sundown Slim, and in 1925 as The Burning Trail, with William Desmond starring and Arthur Rosson directing. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.0695)
