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  • Quits (I) (1915)
  • Short | Western, Short
Quits (I) (1915)
Short | Western, Short
John Sloan is sheriff of Long Butte. One day, while wandering about the countryside, he sees some bushes move. Thinking it is an animal, he fires and misses. Later he takes another shot and is more successful, knocking off the hat of a man...See moreJohn Sloan is sheriff of Long Butte. One day, while wandering about the countryside, he sees some bushes move. Thinking it is an animal, he fires and misses. Later he takes another shot and is more successful, knocking off the hat of a man in hiding. The man comes forth and tells the sheriff that he is called "Frenchy." The sheriff leaves him and starts to cross the stream nearby where he sinks up to his armpits in quicksand. He is saved by Frenchy, who tells the sheriff that he is a fugitive from justice and begs his protection. The sheriff realizes his debt to the criminal and takes him home, where he gives him the best in the house, telling him that he will give him shelter for the night and assist him out next morning. Years before the sheriff was in love with a French girl, but she was won over by the honeyed words of a Frenchman. Although he lost the girl, her likeness is always before him and he nightly dreams of what might have been. The Frenchman bunks in the next room of the sheriff's house, and on looking on a table nearby sees a picture of the girl of the sheriff's dreams. He recoils in superstitious horror for he sees the face of the wife he has murdered staring him in the face. The next morning the sheriff's deputies arrive, and tell him of the murder. Seeing "Frenchy," they recognize him as their man and capture him. The murderer pleads with the sheriff and so appeals to his honor that the sheriff, in order to pay his debt in full, allows him to escape, giving him five minutes' start. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Joseph De Grasse
Writers
Jules Furthman (story "The Sheriff of Long Butte") (as Julius G. Furthman) | Ida May Park
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Updated Aug 17, 1915
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Aug 17, 1915 (United States)

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Arthur Shirley
John Sloan - the Sheriff John Sloan - the Sheriff   See fewer
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Lon Chaney
Frenchy Frenchy   See fewer
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Helen Leslie
Sloan's Former Sweetheart / Frenchy's Wife Sloan's Former Sweetheart / Frenchy's Wife   See fewer
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