A Man in the Open (1919)
Overview
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.
What is A Man in the Open about?
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. A Man in the Open is a Western movie, released on 1919-02-23, runtime 60 minutes.
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Directed by
Ernest C. Warde
Cast
- Dustin Farnum as Sailor Jesse
- Herschel Mayall as Trevor
- Lamar Johnstone as Bull Brooks
- Joseph J. Dowling as James Brown
- Claire Du Brey as Polly
- Irene Rich as Kate
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