During the early years of the California ‘Gold Rush’, outlaw ‘Black’ Brown finds the arrow-riddled body of gold prospector John Lawrence. Brown decides to impersonate Lawrence, but things get complicated when the real Lawrence’s niece arrives…
One of the most recognised masterpieces of the couple Cecil B. DeMille and Mary Pickford, two of the greatest protagonists of the birth of the Hollywood legend.
actors: Mary Pickford – Jenny Lawrence, Elliott Dexter – ‘Black’ Brown, Tully Marshall – Sam Sparks, Raymond Hatton – Dick Roland, Charles Ogle – Jim Lyn, Walter Long – Sheriff
subject: Jeanie Macpherson
script: Cecil B. DeMille
photography: Alvin Wyckoff
mounting: Cecil B. DeMille
scenography: Wilfred Buckland
other titles: LA BÊTE ENCHAÎNÉE
color: Bianco & Nero
taken from: Play by Jeanie Macpherson
production company: ARTCRAFT PICTURES
subject: Jeanie Macpherson
script: Cecil B. DeMille
photography: Alvin Wyckoff
mounting: Cecil B. DeMille
scenography: Wilfred Buckland
other titles: LA BÊTE ENCHAÎNÉE
color: Bianco & Nero
taken from: Play by Jeanie Macpherson
production company: ARTCRAFT PICTURES