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  • The Reward (1914)
  • Short | Short, Drama
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The Reward (1914)
Short | Short, Drama
Notorious bandit Dan Maley is being hounded the country over and a price is put on his head. He staggers, half-starved and weak, into the railroad station where Eileen Herron is the telegraph operator. She takes pity upon him and shares ...See moreNotorious bandit Dan Maley is being hounded the country over and a price is put on his head. He staggers, half-starved and weak, into the railroad station where Eileen Herron is the telegraph operator. She takes pity upon him and shares her lunch. In gratitude he reveals his name and character, but Eileen does not avail herself of the opportunity to secure the reward, but sends him on his way with a change of heart. He meets with his old gang, who are plotting a hold-up at the station where Eileen is there being due a large amount of money by the afternoon train. He tries to influence them against any such actual, but in the fight that follows is left half-conscious on the ground. When he regains his strength his only thought is of Eileen. By cutting cross country, he manages to catch the train that has delivered the money, at a water tank. The crew refuse to believe his story, fearing trickery, but he compels them to back the train to the station at the point of a revolver. Meanwhile, Eileen has discovered the bandits, who break in the outer door and try to get into the private office where she is calling the next town in an effort to find the sheriff. She gets word to him just as one of the bandits shoots the telegraph instrument from, under her hand. Seizing the money, she smashes the window and leaps to the platform just as the bandits break through into the private office. The train backs in and the crew follow Maley to her assistance. Maley is wounded but the sheriff and posse arriving at this moment, save the rest from further injury. Maliey goes to jail with the rest, but with a new determination to come back, live a better life and win Eileen's respect and love. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Siegmund Lubin
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Updated Feb 14, 1914
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Feb 14, 1914 (United States)

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