The Return of Draw Egan
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| Directed by | William S. Hart |
| Produced by | Thomas H. Ince |
| Written by | C. Gardner Sullivan |
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William S. Hart Louise Glaum Margery Wilson |
| Cinematography | Joseph H. August |
| Distributed by | Triangle Distributing |
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50 minutes (5-reels) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent with English intertitles |
The Return of Draw Egan is a 1916 silent era western drama motion picture starring William S. Hart, Louise Glaum, Margery Wilson, Robert McKim, and J.P. Lockney.
Directed by William S. Hart and produced by Thomas H. Ince for Kay-Bee Pictures and the New York Motion Picture Company, the screenplay was written by C. Gardner Sullivan.
According to modern sources, the assistant director was Cliff Smith and the art director was Robert Brunton.
One of the early five-reel feature length silent movies, The Return of Draw Egan was exhibited on October 1, 1916, at the Realto Theater in New York City. The western was re-released in 1924. It is currently available on DVD.
The setting is the American Wild West. The notorious outlaw leader "Draw" Egan (played by Hart) and his gang is chased by a posse of lawmen to his remote mountain cabin, where they are trapped. During a fierce shootout, Egan opens a trapdoor and they escape through a tunnel before the posse can overwhelm them.
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