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.

Cast

Dustin Farnum, Herschel Mayall, Lamar Johnstone, Joseph J. Dowling, Claire Du Brey, Irene Rich

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What is "A Man in the Open" about?

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.

When was "A Man in the Open" released?

A Man in the Open was released in 1919.

Who stars in "A Man in the Open"?

The cast includes Dustin Farnum, Herschel Mayall, Lamar Johnstone, Joseph J. Dowling.