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Among Those Killed
(1915) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Alan Hale, Isabel Rea, Hector V. Sarno
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 6 September 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Clay Judson lives alone in a cabin remote from civilization. A rider from the nearest settlement brings him his monthly mail and some poisoned meat for his wolf traps. Among the letters is one reading: “I’ll kill you for putting me in prison. I’ll be at your place on the seventh.” The writer is John Morton, a man whom he has cause to fear. Morton and he had loved the same girl. To put his rival out of the way, Judson had schemed his imprisonment on a charge of theft. But he gained nothing; the girl refused to turn on the man she loved. On the morning of the seventh Judson is panic-stricken. While planning to defend himself he accidentally discharges his revolver and is wounded. Disabled, he can never hope to escape the avenger. In desperation he eats of the poisoned meat, rather than fall into Morton’s hands. His dying eye rests on the newspaper in which the meat was wrapped. Under the big headlines is an account of a train wreck, part of which reads: “Among those killed was John Morton, an ex-convict . . .”
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 13 January 2025.
References: Spehr-American p. 1 : Website-IMDb.
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