On the Brink of War (1916)
Barbara Brent takes an active part in the campaign for John Wallace's election to Congress on a platform demanding the exclusion of Mexicans. A crisis is precipitated when Manoel, one of Brent's ranch hands, accidentally shoots Terry. Feeling that his story will not be believed he flees to the mountains, with a posse headed by Barbara in pursuit. Barbara comes upon his hiding place alone but he throws himself on her mercy and she forces the posse at the point of her gun to give him justice. Manoel is lodged in jail. Larrabee, a politician with an ax to grind, urges Wallace on in his campaign, and by secretly aiding in the escape of Manoel, brings on a pitched battle in the streets of the village between the native Americans and the Mexicans. The bloody affray brings on a crisis in Washington, and the President, to avert war, dispatches the Secretary of State to tell Wallace of what his course is leading to. The Secretary prevails on Wallace to announce his withdrawal from the race, and when Larrabee learns of it he arouses the natives with declaration that Wallace has betrayed them. Wallace is set upon by Larrabee in the town, and is in serious danger at the hands of the mob when Barbara and the cow-punchers from the Brent ranch come to his aid. Events finally work out to vindicate Wallace and expose Larabee's crooked actions with the result that Wallace is elected.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| James W. Horne | Director |
| Robert Welles Ritchie | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Marin Sais | |
| True Boardman | |
| Frank Jonasson | |
| Robert N. Bradbury |
