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Directed by | Reginald Barker |
Screenplay by | George Hively |
Produced by | John Ford |
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Cinematography | John W. Brown |
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Running time | 2 reels, 20 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages |
Silent English intertitles |
Rustlers or The Rustlers is a 1919 American short silent Western film produced by John Ford and directed by Reginald Barker [1] [2] [3] under the working title of Even Money. [4] The film was shot between February 28 and March 8, 1919 for April release that same year. [5] [6] Ford himself chose to bring Pete Morrison into this project (and others), and during the time of the film's shooting, he and Baker co-chaired a committee created by William Beaudine, then-president of the Motion Pictures Director's Association. [7]
Ben Clayburn ( Pete Morrison) uses the guise of a sheep rancher when sent to the town of Point Rock to track down the leader of a band of rustlers. He is accused himself of being one of the rustlers, and Postmistress Nell Wyndham ( Helen Gibson) saves him from an angry lynch mob. The two team up, and using her knowledge of the locals track down and capture the real outlaws.