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The Sheriff's Prisoner (1912)

The Sheriff's Prisoner poster
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A sheriff captures a prisoner and must make a difficult decision about what to do with him. The film shows the confrontation between the two men.

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What happens

The Sheriff's Prisoner is a 1912 American short silent Western film starring Robyn Adair and Mary Ryan, a popular stage actress making her motion picture debut. The Lubin Manufacturing Company produced with release by the General Film Company. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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