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Allen Harley, a young ranchman, quarrels with Pete Lewis, a puncher, in a saloon and finally, when Lewis is insulting, Harley knocks him down. Lewis then slinks out of the saloon and ... See full summary
Allen Harley, a young ranchman, quarrels with Pete Lewis, a puncher, in a saloon and finally, when Lewis is insulting, Harley knocks him down. Lewis then slinks out of the saloon and encounters Jake Webster, with whom he also has a quarrel. Guns are drawn and the result is the death of Lewis, when Webster accidentally discharges his weapon. Harley later comes on the scene and at first thinking that Lewis is in a drunken sleep kicks his feet, laughing, and then discovers that Lewis is dead. Harley is crouching beside the body of Lewis, with the gun in his hand when the sheriff arrives and arrests him, charging him with the murder. Harley is locked up and the real criminal, Webster, rides hurriedly away. Arriving at the Harley ranch, he applies for a position here and is given work. A few days later, when old man Harley is worrying about his son, a newspaper is handed him announcing the finding of the jury in his son's trial. Harley has been found guilty and has been sentenced to be ...

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    • Author: Burking
    To this reviewer, the weak part of this picture seems to be that the circumstantial evidence that the man who lay dead had been murdered at all was so light that it excites a feeling of resentment at the verdict, which does not adequately increase our sympathy for the hero. This seems to be because the hero isn't really known to us; he hasn't been made our friend. In fact, the scenario writer, though he has shown the hero in prison, which the producer made to look like a cavern, has deliberately turned his back on him and made Webster, the hero's friend, the chief point of interest. It is not a picture of the ranchman's son's experience, but of the friend's. As a picture it doesn't seem to this reviewer quite as good as the Selig "Range Pals," which it much resembles. - The Moving Picture World, September 2, 1911
  • Credited cast:
    John B. O'Brien John B. O'Brien - Allen Harley - the Ranchman's Son (as Ryan Sherwood)
    Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
    Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson - (unconfirmed)
    Arthur Mackley Arthur Mackley - (unconfirmed)
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