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A Gamble with Death
(1913) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Anthony O’Sullivan

Cast: Walter Miller [Reed], Claire McDowell [Kate], Charles H. West (Charles West) [the gambler], Lionel Barrymore [Jim Benton, the bartender], Harry Carey [the cowpuncher]

Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / From a screen story by F.W. Randolph. / Released 30 June 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? The stakes were to go to the one who outlived the other two. In a quarrel one ended the chance of another. In the mountain the two survivors of the bet came together again, one now an outlaw but through a woman’s subterfuge the money fell to the less likely of them all, Reed, declared to be “on his last legs.”

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 8 January 2025.

References: Spehr-American p. 2 : Website-IMDb.

 
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