A wagon train heading west across the great desert runs out of water, and is attacked by Indians. One man -- their last hope -- is sent out to find water.
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Blanche Sweet as Mary
Charles West as Jim
Joseph Graybill as John - Mary's Suitor
Francis J. Grandon as John's Friend / In Wagon Train
Alfred Paget as The Indian / In Wagon Train
John T. Dillon as Cavalry Officer
Robert Harron as In Wagon Train
Dell Henderson as Undetermined Role
D.W. Griffith Director
Bret Harte Story
Stanner E.V. Taylor Writer
Billy Bitzer Director of Photography
United States 26 July 1911
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28 December 1911
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18 February 1911
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