Storyline
William S. Hart directs and stars in a film that is a typical Western of the era. He plays Jim, a prospector who lands in the town of Broken Hope, and the name pretty much describes its inhabitants. Jim meets and falls in love with Jennie (Margery Wilson), whose father (Walt Whitman) is gravely ill. Jim rounds up a reluctant doctor from another town to tend to the old man, but he dies anyway. The doctor, however, gains Jennie's trust and she runs off with him. Only then does he tell her he's already married. She leaves immediately, but is too proud to go home so she finds work as a dance hall girl at Tacoma Jake's saloon. Jim, meanwhile, finds gold near Broken Hope, which raises its inhabitants' attitudes considerably. But the bad element is still there, and Jim is chasing after a group of kidnappers when he enters Tacoma Jake's saloon and sees Jennie. Jim not only overcomes the bad guys, he gets the girl, too.
Cast & Crew
William S. Hart
Jim Alton
Lead
Margery Wilson
Jennie
BI
Buster Irving
Joey
HB
Henry Belmar
Razor Joe
MR
Milton Ross
Tacoma Jake
Jack Livingston
Dr. Howard
Walt Whitman
Old Burns
JH
Josephine Headley
Katy
What People Are Saying
0.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. William S. Hart's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Desert Man is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
