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The Big Horn Massacre
(1913) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by George Melford
Cast: William H. West [Buffalo Face], Marin Sais [Willowbud], Paul C. Hurst (Paul Hurst) [Hawkeye], Hart Hoxie (Jack Hoxie) [Fleetfoot], E. Clisbee (Edward Clisbee) [James Lee], Billies Rhodes [Vera], Ernest Garcia (Allan Garcia) [Lieutenant Blake Stevens], [?] Herbert Rawlinson?
Kalem Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by [?] The General Film Company, Incorporated? / Released 27 December 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Fleetfoot and Hawkeye fight a terrible duel on horseback for the hand of Willowbud, daughter of Chief Buffalo Face. Fleetfoot is slain. Willowbud, who hates the victor, sees. Hawkeye follows. The girl is rescued by Lieutenant Blake and his men. Foiled, Hawkeye returns to camp and declares that the soldiers have made Willowbud a prisoner. The Indians declare war upon the white men. They make a furious attack upon the fort, only to be repulsed with heavy loss. Shortly afterward, the Indians learn of the presence of an immigrant train in the Big Horn Valley. Chief Buffalo Face and his men make a sudden attack and massacre the immigrants after a desperate battle. Only two whites escape death, Lee, who dashes away to the post for help, and Vera, his sweetheart, who is captured by Hawkeye. Lee brings news of the slaughter to the fort. Soldiers are dispatched to the scene. Willowbud steals out of the post and hastens to warn her people. The sight of the massacred women and children causes the troopers to register a vow for vengeance. Blake, who is in command, divides his force so as to take the enemy on two sides. The soldiers descend upon the Indians like a whirlwind. Fighting like demons, the troopers wipe the Indians out. His desire to avenge the death of his people gives Lee superhuman strength. Single-handed he slays Buffalo Face and Hawkeye. Blake discovers Vera a prisoner in Hawkeye’s tepee. He frees the girl, who sees her sweetheart standing over the bodies of his foes. She calls him. Lee turns. The lovers rush into each other’s arms.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 17 November 2022.
References: ClasIm-223 p. 49 : Website-IMDb.
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