Buckshot John
Cast & Crew
Hobart Bosworth
Hobart Bosworth
Courtenay Foote
Carl Von Schiller
Helen Wolcott
Herbert Standing
Film Details
Synopsis
Following a shootout with the sheriff and his men, Buckshot John, the fierce, sole survivor of Bad Jake Kennedy's gang of robbers, refuses to divulge the location of the gang's cache, and is sentenced to thirty years in jail. After serving fifteen years, Buckshot "gets religion" and decides to return the gold. He summons the famous Denver quack clairvoyant, The Great Gilmore, who is also the leader of the "Purified Thought" cult, to contact Bad Jake for advice. Gilmore conducts a bogus séance, and with knowledge gained from reading accounts of the robbery, Gilmore convinces Buckshot to reveal the loot's hiding place to save his soul. Jimmy Dacey, a reporter who loves Ruth Mason, whom Gilmore courts, interviews Buckshot and tells him that Gilmore is a fake. Buckshot breaks out, tracks down Gilmore, retrieves the gold, and returns it to one of the firms he robbed. He then surrenders and is later granted a pardon.
Director
Hobart Bosworth
Cast
Hobart Bosworth
Courtenay Foote
Carl Von Schiller
Helen Wolcott
Herbert Standing
Marshall Stedman
Frank Lanning
Art Acord
Oscar Linkenhelt
Rhea Haines
Film Details
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
According to reviews, in this film there is a scene taken in moonlight without the aid of artificial light, which is said to be the first of its kind. According to a contemporary news item, author Charles E. Van Loan assisted in the production. Some scenes in the film were shot in Banning, CA. According to studio records, additional cast members included H. Standing as "Governor," Ling as "Hindo," Mr. Fletcher as "Judge" and Bobby Murdock as "Turn Key." Members of "Medicine Show Crowd" included Linkenhelt, Joe Ray, Hoot Gibson, Briscoe, Art Acord, Schalenberg, Ray Myers Allardt, M. Mattox and Rhea Haines. Although a news item relates that Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley were responsible for this production, no confirming evidence of this was located.
