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The Money Corral

The Money Corral
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Directed by Lambert Hillyer
Produced by William S. Hart
Screenplay by William S. Hart
Lambert Hillyer
Starring William S. Hart
Jane Novak
Herschel Mayall
Winter Hall
Rhea Mitchell
Patricia Palmer
Cinematography Joseph H. August
Production
company
William S. Hart Productions
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • April 20, 1919 (1919-04-20)
Running time
50 minutes
Country United States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Money Corral is a 1919 American silent adventure film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by William S. Hart and Lambert Hillyer. The film stars William S. Hart, Jane Novak, Herschel Mayall, Winter Hall, Rhea Mitchell, and Patricia Palmer. The film was released on April 20, 1919, by Paramount Pictures. It is not known whether the film currently survives, and it may be a lost film.

As described in a film magazine, following his performance at a Montana rodeo, cowboy Lem Beason (Hart) accepts the invitation of Chicago banker Gregory Collins (Hall) to come to the city and take a position of watchman at the bank, recent robberies having resulted in the death of the last two watchmen. Carl Bruner (Mayall), Collins' trusted lieutenant, is the instigator of the thefts and sends Beason to the underworld on a false clue, planning his quiet murder. However, Beason comes out unscathed and convinced of Bruner's duplicity. Collins's petted daughter Janet (Mitchell) parades the westerner for the benefit of a gay house party, and Rose (Novak), a poor relation, aids Beason in his escape. He resigns his bank job, but stays in town one more night, knowing that there will be another attempted theft at the bank. He captures Bruner and his aides and exposes them to Collins. Collins buys Beason a ranch in the west and he convinces Rose to share it with him.


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