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The Great Divide

The Great Divide

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 15, 1925

Runtime

1h 20m

Genres

Western

Original Title

The Great Divide

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corporation

Director

Reginald Barker

Budget

$318,000

Revenue

$674,000

Description

Alone and unprotected in an isolated wilderness cabin, Ruth Jordan is discovered by three drunken brutes who begin to barter for her. In desperation, she appeals to Stephen Ghent, the least degraded of the desperadoes, promising herself to him if he saves her from the others. Ghent buys off Shorty with a chain of gold nuggets and knocks Dutch senseless. Ghent then sends Dutch off with Shorty and takes Ruth to the next town, where he forces her to marry him. During the 3-day ride across the desert to Ghent's gold mine, the idealistic Ruth learns that he is a man of rough passions.