The Mountaineers (1913)
Fred Morris, a rugged mountaineer, is conducting a moonshine still on the mountainside. Associated with him are Benson, the village blacksmith, and a man named Sommers. Morris' strong will bows before no one, excepting his daughter, Kate, who is the apple of his eye. A stranger from the city, Barnes, is fishing in the neighborhood. Morris is suspicious of him and warns Kate to have nothing to do with him. Laboring under this suspicion, Morris, when he goes up to the still and finds Benson is careless about maintaining guard, puts Benson out of the enterprise. Benson goes, swearing vengeance. The Rev. John Purdy, an old itinerant preacher, applies for shelter at Morris' cabin that evening. He is permitted to stay and by his scripture reading and exhortation he converts Kate and convinces her that her father's occupation is wrong. None of them know that at this very time Barnes, the supposed fisherman, has got hold of the infuriated Benson, and, by plying him with liquor, is urging him to a proper vengeance, a vengeance which becomes clear when Barnes discloses to Benson the fact that he is a revenue officer and demands the location of Morris' still. Kate is taken ill during the night. In her fever her principal wish is that her father shall smash his still. He yields to her pleading. He is near to conversion himself, and early in the morning he goes up to the mountain to carry out his promise. But Barnes captures and handcuffs him before he can strike a blow. And, fearing to go back to the village where Morris' friends live, Barnes starts with his prisoner across the mountain. Morris pleads for permission to go back to see his daughter. Barnes refuses. At last Morris fells Barnes by a blow from his manacled wrists. He takes Barnes' revolver and sets out for home. Before long, however, he realizes that he cannot go to Kate with his wrists bound together, so he goes to the blacksmith shop and compels Benson, in an extremely tense scene, to sever the chain that binds the handcuffs together. Then he goes home. All is well in Kate's room until she discovers the steel bracelets about his wrists. He tells her everything and announces that, now that he has seen her he is going to give himself up. But Barnes, having regained his senses, has followed Morris and stands in Kate's doorway, unobserved, while this is going on. He steps forward at the proper moment and lets Morris know that he is free. The picture ends with the beginning of a romance between Barnes and Kate.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Charles Brabin | Director |
| Bannister Merwin | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Charles Ogle | |
| Gertrude McCoy | |
| Augustus Phillips | |
| William West |
