Film

A Man in the Open

1919 · 1h · Western

It's mighty nice to see a real man make good when he has to plough through so many hazards to reach his goal.

Sailor Jesse, shipwrecked off the Texas coast, naively becomes involved with a cattle rustler. Because the sheriff believes in his innocence, Jesse finds work as a cowboy, but soon becomes infatuated with Polly, the medium for fake hypnotist Bull Brooks, and marries her. When he learns that Polly married to win a bet, Jesse attempts to take her from the town's influences to open spaces, but Brooks falsely reports that she killed herself rather than go.

Dustin Farnum

Sailor Jesse

Herschel Mayall

Trevor

Lamar Johnstone

Bull Brooks

Joseph J. Dowling

James Brown

Claire Du Brey

Polly

Irene Rich

Kate

• Ernest C. WardeDirector
• Fred MytonWriter
• Roger PocockNovel

Release date

February 23, 1919

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h

Rated

NR

Genres

Western

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