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Hell's Crater

Hell's Crater

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 14, 1918

Runtime

0h 50m

Genres

Western

Original Title

Hell's Crater

Production Companies

Universal Film Manufacturing Company

Director

W.B. Pearson

Description

During the days of the California gold rush, Jim Shamrick toils on his claim, Hell's Crater, for two years and then decides to enjoy himself in a nearby mining camp. Bill Gordon, the owner of the local dance hall, gets Jim drunk and then, with the aid of Cherry Maurice ( Grace Cunard ), robs him. When the prospector realizes what has happened, he abducts Cherry and forces her to labor in his mine for a year. Though nearly broken by the hard work, Cherry comes to love Jim and eventually marries him.