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Terror (1915)
Short | Short, Thriller

Terror (1915)

Short | Short, Thriller

Jim Garrison lives with his wife on a western ranch. He is a great, hulking fellow, and has two sons. From their childhood Carson strives to make them men without fear. The elder is strong physically, and Carson takes pride in his strength...See moreJim Garrison lives with his wife on a western ranch. He is a great, hulking fellow, and has two sons. From their childhood Carson strives to make them men without fear. The elder is strong physically, and Carson takes pride in his strength. The younger is trail and delicate, a weakling. They grow to be young men. The elder is the bully of the Gulch. When he returns home, his clothes torn from a fight, and his face cut, his father watches him with fierce pride. The younger stands in mortal fear of his brother. The younger has spent long nights reading books of learning. There is a girl who to the younger lad seems the epitome of everything beautiful. They meet every day at the bend of the hill. The bully sees them and is jealous of his brother. Bad feeling is aroused between Carson and Danny Morgan, the girl's father, over the right to a strip of land. Trouble has been brewing for some time and things are ripe for a fight. Morgan has been drinking and forbids his girl to meet young Carson. There are words between the man and the boy. Later, as Morgan returns home, he meets the bully, Carson, who orders him to keep his sheep off Carson land. Morgan replies, and the bully, according to his code, "settles" the dispute with his fists. The fallen man does not rise and the bully discovers that old Danny Morgan is dead. Terror-stricken, bully Carson looks at the dead man and then turns to face the accusing eyes of his younger brother. In a moment the bully has the throat of his brother in a vise. "Keep your damn mouth shut," he hisses at him. The younger son gasps for breath, and then, with a deft twist, he frees himself from his brother's hold and runs to the hills. The body of Dan Morgan is found and the girl remembers the quarrel between her father and the boy. The sheriff sets out toward the hills and finds him there, half-witted by a dull apathy of fear. His guilt seems indicated by every movement. They decide to hang him in the morning, but that night the bully helps him to escape. The bully marries the girl and they have a son. The bully watches the child for signs of strength. At the other side of the desert the younger son gets a job as a doctor's assistant. "The Terror," a deadly plague, breaks out in several towns in the southwest. The doctor is stricken down and his young assistant takes his bag and goes forth alone among the sick to fight the terror. The fury of the plague abates and the other town sends a messenger to the young man to come to their aid. Across the desert he comes and they see the boy they would have hung. The bully crouches by the fire and is taunted by some of those he had fought and who now touch him with their plague-stricken bodies. He flees as the mob follows him. The younger lad is led back to his home by the crowd, by his side the girl holding the baby. From the window the girl sees the mob stoning her husband, the bully. The bully, already suspected of the crime, admits he killed Danny Morgan. In fear he runs toward the hill, the mob after him. In a wild dash for freedom he falls over the chasm to the rocks below and is killed. The young doctor cares for his brother's wife and later marries her. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Norbert A. Myles The Older Carson - the Bully The Older Carson - the Bully See fewer	The Daughter of Dawn (1920)
Irma Earle The Morgan Girl The Morgan Girl See fewer	The Collingsby Pearls (1915)
Carl M. Leviness The Younger Carson - the Bully's Brother (as Carl LeViness) The Younger Carson - the Bully's Brother (as Carl LeViness) See fewer	Jess (1912)
Fred Hearn Danny Morgan - the Girl's Father (as Fred G. Hearn) Danny Morgan - the Girl's Father (as Fred G. Hearn) See fewer	The Dark Star (1919)
Will E. Sheerer Jim Garrison - the Bully's Father Jim Garrison - the Bully's Father See fewer	Graft (1915)
Edna Payne Undetermined Secondary Role (unconfirmed) (uncredited) Undetermined Secondary Role (unconfirmed) (uncredited) See fewer	The Sacrifice of Jonathan Gray (1915)