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Brute Force (1917)
Short | Short, Western

Brute Force (1917)

Short | Short, Western

John Clayborn has been absent from his small mountain town for some time; he is returning as an ordaining minister. Tess' uncle, old Hank Harding, who owns a large farm, is not enthused over ministers; he likes his whiskey too well. ...See moreJohn Clayborn has been absent from his small mountain town for some time; he is returning as an ordaining minister. Tess' uncle, old Hank Harding, who owns a large farm, is not enthused over ministers; he likes his whiskey too well. Harding's daughter Bess is so devoted to him that she will not leave him to marry Lew Sanderson. Lew does not appreciate the arrival of Clayborn, as he realizes that Bess likes him, as does Tess, but Clayborn considers her a mere child. Bess promises her father that she will not marry as long as he lives, so Lew builds three or four stills on Harding's place, then informed the revenue officers that Harding is operating stills. During his calls, Clayborn visits the home of one of the men who is dying and has worked for Lew and has been mistreated. He tells him of the plot and Clayborn arrives at the station just in time to meet the officers and explain that it was only a trick against Harding. Lew, who has laid his plans well, has taken a couple of jugs of moonshine to Harding's and plied him with drinks, until he is in a drunken stupor. Clayborn secures Bess' aid and they destroy the stills, but the old man, hearing a noise, takes his gun and shoots Clayborn in the arm. That night, Lew sends word for Bess to meet Clayborn at a certain house and sends word to Clayborn to meet her at the same place. When the minister arrives, he is beaten and taken to the loft. When Bess arrives she learns of the ruse that has been played upon her and Lew demands that she marry him or he will have her father sent to prison. He threatens Clayborn with damaging Bess' name if he will not marry them. Just as he is on the point of performing the ceremony, the officers fire the house. Clayborn rescues Bess from the burning loft, and, at the risk of his own life, drags Lew from the burning building, but he later dies. Tess is heartbroken because she has lost the minister, he and Bess being happy in their love. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
George C. Pearce John Clayborn (as George Pearce) John Clayborn (as George Pearce) See fewer	British Agent (1934)
Jane Bernoudy Bess Harding Bess Harding See fewer	The Mysterious Outlaw (1917)
Jim Farley Lew Sanderson Lew Sanderson See fewer	The General (1926)
Philip Hahn Hank Harding (as Mr. Hahn) Hank Harding (as Mr. Hahn) See fewer	The Dancer's Peril (1917)
Miss Hallenbeck Tess Tess See fewer	The Burning Silence (1917)