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Pay Dirt (1916)
50 min | Drama

Pay Dirt (1916)

50 min | Drama

While he digs for gold day by day, "The Easterner," a young miner, gambles by night. A woman of the camps, named Moll, takes an interest in him and tries to break him of the habit that is his ruin. He laughs at her, but after she saves his...See moreWhile he digs for gold day by day, "The Easterner," a young miner, gambles by night. A woman of the camps, named Moll, takes an interest in him and tries to break him of the habit that is his ruin. He laughs at her, but after she saves his life he promises to quit playing. Kate Gardner, a girl of the west loves him, and she is turn is loved by Bill Turner, a miner. Turner proves to her that the Easterner loves Doris Wendell, daughter of a wealthy land owner. She, with Moll, is instrumental in saving the Easterner's life when he is about to be lynched by a mob at the command of the jealous Turner. Peter Gardner, her father, covets the Easterner's claim and bribes Dick Weed, the gambling house proprietor, to help him get the claim. They attempt to make him gamble, but he is true to his promise. Later he discovers that Moll is his mother, whose passion for gambling he has inherited. Oby, a half-wit. Haunts the camp. Moll and her son try to live respectably after Doris has broken the engagement because the Easterner refuses to disown his mother. But the passion for gambling proves too strong. Moll rushes out of the house to the Hall of Chance. Her son is inveigled by Weed and Gardner into betting his claim. As he loses, Oby snatches away the tablecloth, jumbling the cards. Gardner, in a rage, strikes him down. His memory returns and he recognizes Gardner as the man who robbed him many years before, and shoots him. Dying, Gardner admits that Kate is Oby's daughter. Reunited with her father, she marries the Easterner. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Henry King The Easterner The Easterner See fewer	The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Marguerite Nichols Kate Gardner Kate Gardner See fewer	Dust (1916)
Gordon Sackville Peter Gardner Peter Gardner See fewer	The Chechako (1914)
Mollie McConnell Moll Moll See fewer	Bare Fists (1919)
Daniel Gilfether Dick Weed Dick Weed See fewer	The Love Liar (1915)
Charles Dudley Oby Oby See fewer	Rip Van Winkle (1924)
Philo McCullough Turner Turner See fewer	The Girl Who Wouldn't Quit (1918)
Ruth White Doris Wendell Doris Wendell See fewer	The Girl Who Doesn't Know (1916)
Bruce Smith Doris's Father Doris's Father See fewer	Neal of the Navy (1915)