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  • The Desert Scorpion (1920)
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    Action, Adventure, Drama
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The Desert Scorpion (1920)
Passed
Action, Adventure, Drama
When a band of sheepherders decide to settle on cattle land, the neighboring cattlemen warn them to move on, but their leader refuses, sparking a feud in which the cattlemen set fire to the sheepherders' homes. In retaliation, the ...See moreWhen a band of sheepherders decide to settle on cattle land, the neighboring cattlemen warn them to move on, but their leader refuses, sparking a feud in which the cattlemen set fire to the sheepherders' homes. In retaliation, the Sheepherder, although in love with the Cattle King's daughter, leads a robbery on the cattlemen's bank. Finding the Sheriff's daughter impregnated and deserted by the Cattle King's daughter's fiancé, a villainous Easterner, the Sheepherder provides her shelter and compassion. He then abducts the Cattle King's daughter to nurse the sick woman. The cattlemen track them to the cabin, where all is revealed; the bank robbery is forgiven in terms of repayment for the destruction of the sheepherders' homes, and the Cattle King's daughter, realizing the infamy of her fiancé, accepts the love of the Sheepherder. Written by AFI See less
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Director
Otis Thayer (as Otis B. Thayer)
Writer
L.V. Jefferson (story and scenario)
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Updated Jan 15, 1920
Release date
Jan 15, 1920 (United States)

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Edmund Cobb
The Sheepherder (as Edmund F. Cobb) The Sheepherder (as Edmund F. Cobb)   See fewer
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Clare Hatton
The Cattle King The Cattle King   See fewer
Dangerous Love (1920)
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Vida Johnson
His Daughter His Daughter   See fewer
Alias Miss Dodd (1920)
Otis Thayer's primary photo
Otis Thayer
The Sheriff The Sheriff   See fewer
The Scapegoat (1912)
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