Name: The Adopted Son
Genre: Western
Released: 1917
Cast: Francis X. Bushman, Beverly Bayne, Leslie Stowe, J. W. Johnston, John Smiley

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Genre

Western

Release Date

Oct 29, 1917

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

Metro Pictures Corp.; Rolfe Photoplays, Inc.

Distribution Company

Metro Pictures Corp.

Country

United States

Screenplay Information

Based on the short story "The Adopted Son" by Max Brand (pseud. of Frederick Faust) in All-Story Weekly (27 Oct 1917).

Synopsis

For years a feud has existed between the McLanes and the Conovers in the Tennessee mountains. "Two Gun Carter" leaves Texas after a shooting fray and arrives just in time to witness George Conover's death at the hands of Henry McLane. Carrying young Conover's body to his family, Carter is so touched by their grief that he agrees to become their adopted son and subsequently falls in love with Marian Conover. In an attempt to put an end to the feud, Carter proposes a duel between himself and Henry McLane, but Henry refuses, and so, to uphold his family honor, Tom McLane, the clan leader, accepts the challenge. In the midst of the match, news arrives that Henry has kidnapped Marian. Carter rushes off and rescues Marian just as Henry and his horse plunge over the edge of a cliff. Carter then demands that an end be put to the feud as he himself was a born McLane and now plans to marry Marian Conover.