The King's Man (1913)
Babette, the daughter of old Jules, a whiskey runner, lives with her father in a picturesque lodge in the Canadian Northwest. Jules starts out through the wilderness. Babette is not long alone, for Blake, the King's man, of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, who loves her, comes to see her. She is sorry when he goes. He has given her his picture and she is admiring it when Pierre, a surly, ignorant Canadian half-breed, who also loves Babette, comes in. He snatches the picture and throws it into the log fire. He threatens to expose her father's illegitimate business. Then he leaves her. Old Jules comes back and Babette tells of Pierre's threat. Jules, infuriated, rushes out. The two men meet far in the woods and fight with hunting knives. Jules is left lying upon the ground, mortally wounded. But back in the cabin, Blake has railed again on Babette and has heard all. He hastens to find and to help Jules. Following his tracks, he locates him. He throws him over his saddle and takes him home. Then he goes in search of Pierre. Pierre is possessed with delirious fear, imagining that the ghost of Jules follows him. He wanders aimlessly about, no longer knowing where he is. He comes to Jules's cabin. He sees Blake mounting his horse. He hides until Blake goes, then enters the cabin, where the old man is lying on the bunk, dying. The girl orders her tormentor to go. Pierre laughs cruelly and grips her by the wrists. He says she must follow him to the wilderness. She is struggling when Blake returns. The two men grapple; Pierre draws his knife and holds it above the soldier, whom he forces back on the table. Her father, too weak to raise himself, makes repeated attempts to get his big revolver from the holster on the wall, eventually succeeding, but he has not the strength to cock it. While he tries over and over again to do so the knife is getting closer to Blake. Finally, with a mighty effort, Jules cocks the revolver and fires. Pierre falls back dead. Jules, dying, places Babette's hand in Blake's and gives them his blessing.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| W.J. Bauman | Director |
| Hanson Durham | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| George Holt | |
| Charles Bennett | |
| Anne Schaefer | |
| Billie West |
