Underplayed Gems

The Scourge of the Desert (1915)

The Scourge of the Desert poster
Directed by
William S. Hart
Genre
short film, Western film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
20 min
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An outlaw in the Arizona desert faces a turning point involving a woman. The film is a silent short Western about redemption and conflict on the plains.

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What happens

The Scourge of the Desert (also known as Reformed Outlaw) is a 1915 American short silent Western film starring William S. Hart and Rhea Mitchell. It was billed as, "A Thrilling (Broncho) Romance of the Arizona Staked Plains." It was produced by Thomas H. Ince and written by C. Gardner Sullivan, Ince, and William Clifford. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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