
A Man in the Open
Western
Overview
Sailor Jesse, shipwrecked off the Texas coast, naively becomes involved with a cattle rustler. Because the sheriff believes in his innocence, Jesse finds work as a cowboy, but soon becomes infatuated with Polly, the medium for fake hypnotist Bull Brooks, and marries her. When he learns that Polly married to win a bet, Jesse attempts to take her from the town's influences to open spaces, but Brooks falsely reports that she killed herself rather than go.
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Dustin Farnum
Dustin Farnum
Sailor Jesse
Dustin Farnum
Sailor Jesse


Herschel Mayall
Herschel Mayall
Trevor
Herschel Mayall
Trevor


Lamar Johnstone
Lamar Johnstone
Bull Brooks
Lamar Johnstone
Bull Brooks


Joseph J. Dowling
Joseph J. Dowling
James Brown
Joseph J. Dowling
James Brown


Claire Du Brey
Claire Du Brey
Polly
Claire Du Brey
Polly


Irene Rich
Irene Rich
Kate
Irene Rich
Kate
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