A Temporary Truce

A Temporary Truce

17 mins | Action, Western | June 10, 1912

A Mexican is thrown out of a bar by a young prospector and swears to get even. Later he kidnaps the prospector's wife. In the meantime a group of drunkards shoot and kill an old Indian man. His son (Robert Harron) vows revenge and asks the tribal chief for help. The chief, however, knows better and tells him that revenge is useless. Robert Harron disobeys and mobilizes all young warriors for battle. The plot thickens. The prospector and the Mexican, who holds his wife captive, start shooting each other. However, when the Indians attack, these two make a temporary truce and join forces against the common enemy.

A Temporary Truce

17 mins | Action, Western | June 10, 1912

A Temporary Truce
A Mexican is thrown out of a bar by a young prospector and swears to get even. Later he kidnaps the prospector's wife. In the meantime a group of drunkards shoot and kill an old Indian man. His son (Robert Harron) vows revenge and asks the tribal chief for help. The chief, however, knows better and tells him that revenge is useless. Robert Harron disobeys and mobilizes all young warriors for battle. The plot thickens. The prospector and the Mexican, who holds his wife captive, start shooting each other. However, when the Indians attack, these two make a temporary truce and join forces against the common enemy.
Producers American Mutoscope & Biograph
Original title A Temporary Truce
Directors D.W. Griffith
Writers George Hennessy

Cast

Charles Hill Mailes

as Mexican Jim

Claire McDowell

as Mexican Jim's Wife

Blanche Sweet

as Alice Hardy - the Prospector's Wife

W. Chrystie Miller

as The Murdered Indian / Indian on Street

Robert Harron

as The Murdered Indian's Son

Mae Marsh

as A Murdered Settler (uncredited)

Alfred Paget

as A Drunken Cutthroat / An Indian / Among Rescuers (uncredited)

Jack Pickford

as An Indian (uncredited)

Charles Gorman

as Jack Hardy - the Prospector

Frank Opperman

as The Indian Chief / A Drunken Cutthroat / Bartender (uncredited)

Christy Cabanne

as An Indian (uncredited)

William A. Carroll

as In Bar / Among Rescuers (uncredited)

Frank Evans

as In Bar / Among Rescuers (uncredited)

Bert Hendler

as In Bar (uncredited)

Harry Hyde

as Among Rescuers / Outside Pony Express Office (uncredited)

J. Jiquel Lanoe

as An Indian / Among Rescuers (uncredited)

Wilfred Lucas

as An Indian (uncredited)

W.C. Robinson

as An Indian / In Bar / Among Rescuers (uncredited)

Charles West

as Undetermined Role (uncredited)