23 September 1916 Western 50 mins
Half-breed Joe Elk wavers between the "civilized" nature of his white father and the passion of his Indian mother. He falls in love with Alice McRae, but Alice is in love with Bruce Smithson, who is an officer at the Hudson Bay Trading Company.
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William S. Hart as Joe Elk
Blanche White as Alice McRae
William Desmond as Bruce Smithson
J. Frank Burke as Walter McRae
Joe Goodboy as Chief Troubled Thunder
William S. Hart Director
C. Gardner Sullivan Screenplay
Thomas H. Ince Producer
Joseph H. August Director of Photography
United States 23 September 1916
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