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  • The Sheriff's Brother (I) (1911)
  • Short | Western, Short
The Sheriff's Brother (I) (1911)
Short | Western, Short
Mrs. Singleton, a widow, has two sons, a boy of 7 and an elder son, 20 years old. Tom, the younger, is brought home one night by a policeman after having been arrested for stealing a woman's purse. His mother, after punishing him severely,...See moreMrs. Singleton, a widow, has two sons, a boy of 7 and an elder son, 20 years old. Tom, the younger, is brought home one night by a policeman after having been arrested for stealing a woman's purse. His mother, after punishing him severely, locks him in his room, from which he escapes by the window, after leaving a note that he is running away never to return. Years after the mother dies after extracting a promise from her older son, Jim, now a middle-aged man, asking him to search for the lost boy. Jim goes west and becomes the sheriff of a western town. After a more or less strenuous career in this capacity, the attention of the sheriff is called to the depredations of an unknown outlaw, who, through his daring has spread terror in the country. Posting signs, offering a large reward for the outlaw's capture, in various parts of the country, Sheriff Jim organizes a posse to run down the criminal. It is when the sheriff receives a note from the agent of the S.W. Express Company, stating that this latter has learned of the outlaw's plot to hold up the stage the next day that the sheriff feels he will at last make prisoner the wily bad man. The next day the hold-up is stalled off and the outlaw pursued. He, however, eludes them and hurrying to his shack, waits with loaded revolver for his pursuers. Sheriff Jim, leaving the posse, takes up the trail alone on foot, leaving word that if he fires his revolver for them to hurry to the scene. In the shack the sheriff takes the bad man unawares, but upon seeing his face, realizes that he has found his long lost brother. The younger man also recognizes his brother and refusing to run away, begs Jim to arrest him. Jim pleads with his brother to make good his escape, but Tom steadfastly refuses, and finally, rather than to place the sheriff in a bad light, draws his revolver and shoots himself. The posse burst into the room at that moment and are surprised to find the sheriff weeping over the dead body of the bad man. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson
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Updated Jul 1, 1911
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Jul 1, 1911 (United States)

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