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The Failure (II) (1915)
Short | 20 min | Short, Drama

The Failure (II) (1915)

Short | 20 min | Short, Drama

Jim Blake, a prospector living near Bennett, a western mining town, is a failure. He works a worthless claim near his shack. At Lucky Strike Mine, a few miles away, everything is booming. Stine, the foreman, gets into trouble with the ...See moreJim Blake, a prospector living near Bennett, a western mining town, is a failure. He works a worthless claim near his shack. At Lucky Strike Mine, a few miles away, everything is booming. Stine, the foreman, gets into trouble with the miners over the dismissal of one of their members, and the angry men send a delegation to the mine owner. They threaten to strike unless the drunken Stine is discharged. The foreman, questioned, becomes insulting to his employer, who discharges him. Jim Blake's six-year-old child is dangerously ill. The doctor has refused to make another call unless Blake pays at least a part of his bill. The grocer at Bennett also has cut off Blake's credit. Accidentally, the desperate prospector learns that the incoming Thursday night stage carries a big pay-roll for Lucky Strike Mine. He makes up his mind to rob the coach. Meanwhile, Stine has learned of the payroll and also plans to hold up the stage. The following night, Blake, shaven and disguised, arrives at the spot he has selected for the robbery, only to find that another desperado is before him. He watches the hold-up, sees Stine wounded, sees him, despite this, make off with the treasure, and the stage drive away like mad for the sheriff. Blake finds Stine lying unconscious from his wound. He helps himself to ninety dollars of the payroll, leaving the rest in the thief's possession. Blake pays his bill at the store with three twenty-dollar gold pieces. The storekeeper's suspicions are aroused and he informs the sheriff. The rest of the money Blake gives to the doctor, who goes home with him to his sick child. The following morning the sheriff arrives at Blake's shack. The prospector sees him coming and makes his getaway, the officer and posse in hot pursuit. Blake's horse is wounded and he falls. Handcuffed and helpless, he confesses to the sheriff all the details of the stage robbery and substantiates his story by leading the officer to the dead body of Stine and the booty, still lying undiscovered in the woods. On the way back to town, passing his cabin, Blake begs permission to see his sick child. The sheriff removes the handcuffs and permits the miner to enter his cottage. Through the window the officer watches the child die in its anguished father's arms. Blake comes out and gives himself up. But the sheriff tells him that he has been punished enough and states that he will make up the ninety dollars out of his own pocket. Blake stumbles back into the shack to comfort his heartbroken wife. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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4 cast members

Name	Known for
Walter Edwards Jim Blake Jim Blake See fewer	The Power of the Street (1915)
Leona Hutton Jim's Wife Jim's Wife See fewer	The Raiders (1914)
Claude N. Mortensen The Sheriff (as C.N. Mortensen) The Sheriff (as C.N. Mortensen) See fewer	The Three Musketeers (1916)
Bob Kortman Stine - the Outlaw (as Robert Kortman) Stine - the Outlaw (as Robert Kortman) See fewer	Arabian Love (1922)