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In the Nick of Time
(1911) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: (unknown)
Solax Company production; distributed by Motion Picture Distributing & Sales Company. / Released 19 May 1911. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Rose Patton, left alone in the family ranch house outside of Arizona, during the absence of her parents to St. Louis, is approached by Pedro, a Mexican vaquero, who has long admired Rose, and takes advantage of the opportunity to declare his affection for her. Rose angrily resents his actions, whereupon he becomes more insistent and Rose’s lover. Lieutenant King, of the U.S. Cavalry, arrives upon the scene in time to witness the annoyance that his sweetheart is being subject to. It doesn’t take long for the lieutenant to interpose and he sends Pedro upon his way with a warning that any repetition of this action will result disastrously for him. The Mexican determines to get even. He follows the lieutenant and his sweetheart, witnesses the presentation by the lieutenant to his sweetheart of a medallion portrait, and as they separate, mounts his horse and follows the officer, who is homeward bound. Stealthily creeping up, Pedro takes advantage of the officer’s mental abstraction to lasso him and drag him from his horse. He quickly proceeds to tie the unconscious man with his lariat and to drag him along the ground. Arriving upon the edge of a precipice overlooking a ravine, Pedro takes the unconscious man and hurls him over the brink. Fearful of intervention, he hurries from the scene of his crime, but fortune seemed to have favored the victim, for as he is hurled over the edge of the chasm the lariat with which he was bound wraps itself about a projecting stump, which stops his fall. In the meantime the American camp is startled to see the lieutenant’s horse dash into camp riderless. The intelligent animal indicated his desire that someone accompany him back, and the commanding officer accordingly leads a column of troops after the horse, which takes them back to the point where Pedro lassoed the lieutenant. Finding his hat, it is an easy matter for them to trace the crime, and they arrive at the cliff just in time to rescue the lieutenant. Pedro, feeling that his hated rival was put out of his way, hurries back to the ranch house with the intention of inflicting further revenge upon Rose. His diabolical intentions are frustrated by the unexpected appearance of the rescuing party of the lieutenant whose life was saved.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Listing updated: 15 October 2022.
References: Website-IMDb.
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