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The Law of the North
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Frank Beal and George L. Cox
Cast: Charles Clary [Sandy McCullough, N.W.M.P.], William Duncan [Dick Benton], Adrienne Kroell [Wanda McCullough, Dick’s sweetheart], Joseph Sullivan [Father Whalen]
The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by William N. Selig. Scenario by George L. Cox. / Released 23 April 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Northwoods.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Dick Benton is secretly in love with Wanda, the pretty daughter of Sandy McCollough. Sandy is a member of the Northwest Mounted Police. Benton is a worthless character and soon begins to neglect Wanda. Later he kills a man in a barroom brawl, and makes his escape. McCollough is sent after Benton. Finally, after a desperate gunfight, in which Sandy’s arm is shot, the officer places the handcuffs upon Benton and starts the homeward march. Sandy is forced to rest for the night, and while he is asleep Benton secures the key and unlocks the cuffs that hold him prisoner. He starts to make his second escape, when something inside him, his long dormant manhood, rebels, and he returns to his captor. Finding Sandy still weak from the loss of blood he carries him back to town, and then with her father as witness, he marries Wanda, before marching away to serve the penalty of a misspent and dare-devil life.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 23 December 2024.
References: Lahue-Selig p. 90 : Website-IMDb.
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