1h 14min. // An honorable English aristocrat takes the blame for his cousin’s financial crime, sacrificing his reputation to protect the family name. Hounded by scandal and the threat of prosecution, he slips out of London and heads across the Atlantic, trading drawing rooms and derby hats for the rough-hewn frontier of Wyoming. There, amid saloons, cattlemen, and the wide-open plains, he tries to build a new life under an assumed identity.

His path collides with Nat-U-Ritch, the strong-willed daughter of a Ute chief, when he saves her from a vicious outlaw, Cash Hawkins. Gratitude slowly deepens into a tender, unconventional romance, as she helps him adapt to the unforgiving rhythms of the West and he offers her respect rarely granted by the white settlers. Their fragile happiness, however, sits squarely in the crosshairs of prejudice, frontier lawlessness, and the unfinished business of his English past. When the world he fled comes riding after him, he must choose between duty and the woman who has given him both love and a place to belong, in a story that blends melodrama, frontier action, and early Hollywood ambition.

 

Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille, Oscar Apfel

Writing Credits: Cecil B. DeMille, Oscar Apfel

Starring: Cecil B. DeMille, Hal Roach, Raymond Hatton, William Elmer, Red Wing

 

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