The Man Within (1914)

• 72%
• 1914
• Western
• Wallace Reid
• Wallace Reid
• Dorothy Davenport
• Phil Dunham

A man is a fugitive from the law. A reward of $2,000 is offered for his capture. A large posse is on his trail. Weary, hungry and haunted, the refugee is slowly but surely being hemmed in. His capture is only a matter of seconds when he staggers up to a hut. He is confronted by a girl. He appeals to her for aid. She sends him inside the hut and when the members of the posse ride up, she misdirects it as to the direction the fugitive took. The criminal feels a great dog-gratitude to the girl for his deliverance and giving her a whistle, he tells her to blow it three times if she ever needs him. The girl's father is the cashier for a mining company. One day in a moment of foolishness he gambles the payroll money away. He attempts to take his life to wipe out his dishonor, but his daughter deters him. She goes to the appointed place and the fugitive comes to her in response to the signal. She explains her father's predicament to him. He weighs the matter carefully and then tells her that he will save her parent from the anger of the miners. Against her will, he compels the girl to lead him, at the point of his gun, to the sheriff. She receives the $2,000 reward and saves her father.