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The Two Gun Man (1914)
Short | Short, Drama, Western

The Two Gun Man (1914)

Short | Short, Drama, Western

The story opens in the home of a political boss, tenement house owner and smooth grafter. He has just sanctioned the engagement of his son, Edwin, and his ward, Ethel. The son, instead of holding his father's views, is a champion of the ...See moreThe story opens in the home of a political boss, tenement house owner and smooth grafter. He has just sanctioned the engagement of his son, Edwin, and his ward, Ethel. The son, instead of holding his father's views, is a champion of the poor. One day the representative of a corporation leaves a check for $1,000 with the father, accompanied by a letter to the effect that $9,000 more is to follow if a certain franchise is furnished. Edwin finds this letter. Thus he comes to know the source of his father's wealth. He determines that the riches obtained by grafting shall be returned to the poor. He removes the money from the safe and gives it to the tenement people. At another time the father discovers his son in the act of taking money from his strong box. He summons the police and has his son arrested. Ethel explains to the father the use to which the son put the money. He refuses to listen. She leaves the house. For another five years the relentless father pushes his tenants toward the desperate measures which they threatened if the rents are not lowered. Edwin's prison term is now served and he returns to his father only to be repulsed. Edwin obtains a position, but through his father's influence he is discharged. Everything else having failed, Edwin decides to steal what he cannot make honestly. In the meanwhile, the Italian tenants have decided that the father must die. Luigi is chosen to do away with him. The father becomes a prey to a guilty conscience, and goes to spend the night with a friend. Luigi follows. Edwin has decided to rob the first house he encounters. It happens to be that of the friend's with whom the father is spending the night. Edwin forces open a window and steals in. Peeping between a pair of portieres, he is astounded to behold an Italian holding a stiletto over his father's heart. An instant before the dagger falls, Edwin shoots the would-be assassin in the hand. Edwin seeks his father's promise that he will turn his holdings in the tenants' district over to him. This the father readily does. Father and son are reconciled and forgiveness and happiness result. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Edwin August Edwin Edwin See fewer	The Yellow Passport (1916)
Ethel Davis Ethel Ethel See fewer	Jack Chanty (1915)
Edwin Alexander Edwin's Father Edwin's Father See fewer	Why? With Hannibal Buress (2015)
Iva Shepard Actress Actress See fewer	While the Children Slept (1913)
Alice O'Connor Rhodes Actress Actress See fewer	Into the Lion's Pit (1914)
Hal August Actor Actor See fewer	Into the Lion's Pit (1914)