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  • The Nine of Diamonds (1910)
  • Short | Short, Western
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The Nine of Diamonds (1910)
Short | Short, Western
During the gold fever in California in '49 and even as early as 1845, men were rough and reckless and among the number was Hammond Floyd, an adventurer, who was ready to turn a trick at cards, but always on the level. Engaged in a ...See moreDuring the gold fever in California in '49 and even as early as 1845, men were rough and reckless and among the number was Hammond Floyd, an adventurer, who was ready to turn a trick at cards, but always on the level. Engaged in a high-stake game with Jenkins, a desperate dandy, who lived on his luck and record as a bad man. Hammond draws the winning cards and in short order cleans Jenkins and his gang out of their loose change and dust. They are sore at being beaten at their own game and determine to get his cash or do him up. They way-lay him, shoot him and are just about to rob him when Hank Garland, from the east, sets a drop on the desperadoes, rescues Hammond and takes him to his camp and nurses him back to health and strength. Hammond thinks the world of Hank, but the best of friends must part, and Hammond says good-bye to Hank. Years later Hank Garland goes back east and engages in business. Hammond Floyd enlists in the Civil War in 1861; Garland's son is drafted in the Union service of that war, goes south and is sent of a dangerous commission into the Confederate lines. Strange as it may seem, "Ham" Floyd captures him and takes charge of the prisoner, who is sentenced to be shot as a spy. Floyd searches the boy, finds a wallet in which he discovers Hank Garland's half of the nine of diamonds. The boy tells him it was given to him by his father, who told him the story of it and said the half card might be of service to him some day. Floyd tells the boy that he was his father's companion in California and gave the piece of card to his father, who had saved him from death. In return he would release his old friend's boy and allow him to escape. The boy gets away; Floyd, in the act of freeing the boy, is found out and is shot for his deed, and sacrifices his life for the son of the man who saved it in far-off California. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated Nov 11, 1910
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Nov 11, 1910 (United States)

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