Thieves' Gold (1918)

INFORMATION FROM IMDb/Wikipedia

Plot Summary
Cheyenne Harry tries to help his outlaw friend Padden evade arrest
after Padden has drunkenly shot another man.
In the end, the two mismatched friends fight it out, leaving Padden dead.
In a romantic subplot,
Harry's fiancée Alice leaves him, but finally returns.

Cast
Harry Carey ... Cheyenne Harry
Molly Malone ... Alice Norris
Vester Pegg ... Curt Simmons
John Cook ... Uncle Larkin
L.M. Wells ... Savage
Helen Ware ... Mrs. Savage
Harry Tenbrook ... 'Colonel' Betoski
Martha Mattox Martha Mattox ...
Mrs. Larkin
Millard K. Wilson ... Undetermined Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

Directed
John Ford ... (as Jack Ford)

Writing Credits
Frederic R. Bechdolt ... (story "Back to the Right Trail")
George Hively ... (scenario)
George Hively ... (screenplay)

Cinematography
John W. Brown
Ben F. Reynolds

Thieves' Gold is a 1918 American Western film directed by John Ford and featuring Harry Carey.

It is considered to be a lost film.

Harry Carey as Cheyenne Harry once again paired with Molly Malone,
and Ford regulars Vester Pegg ,Harry Ternbrook

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User Review

Creative Geography
5 July 2004 | by Single-Black-Male (London, England)

Quote from sbm

The one thing that John Ford is good at is making use of time and space. In this film he begins to show that geography is as much a part of the American Western genre as the gun battles. It is almost like the iconography of Elvis Presley and Rock n Roll. It's not just the music, it's the visuals. To shoot a Western film you have to make use of the open landscape in the Mid-West, and Ford is beginning to do that in this silent offering without having to rely on gun battles. He collaborates with his audience by surprising them in his films. He offers them more than what they expect so that they can enter into the universe of the characters.

This project shows early promise for the young director