A Life at Stake (1915)
Short | Short, Western

A Life at Stake (1915)

Short | Short, Western

Jack Brandon, a wealthy rancher, lives happily with his wife on their big estate. A neighbor of theirs, Jud Martin, is in straitened circumstances on account of his inability to secure employment. To make matters worse, Jud's wife is ill. ...See moreJack Brandon, a wealthy rancher, lives happily with his wife on their big estate. A neighbor of theirs, Jud Martin, is in straitened circumstances on account of his inability to secure employment. To make matters worse, Jud's wife is ill. Jack gives them aid and also gets a job for Jud. Mrs. Brandon, a city-bred woman, suddenly becomes tired of country life, and her desire to go to the city is intensified by the receipt of a letter from one of her friends, telling of the joyful times they are having in the city. Mrs. Brandon, while having no desire to be disloyal to her husband, welcomes the presence of Akron, a cattle buyer, to her home because of his citified manners. Akron learns from Jack that it will be several days before the cattle can be rounded up, and is permitted to stay at the house. He sees in the actions of Agnes (Mrs. Brandon) that she is dissatisfied with her way of living, and divining this as a vehicle to ingratiate himself into her good will, he starts to make love to her, but she repulses him. A few mornings later Jack and Akron start away to look over the stock and on the way back to the ranch Jack stops at Jud's cabin to see how the sick woman is getting along. Cynthia, the daughter, expresses her gratitude to Jack by kissing him, and Akron sees a method of worming himself into Jack's wife confidence by using this as a wedge. When he hears Jack tell the girl to meet him at a certain place that evening to get some medicine he conceives a plot to win the wife from her husband. Akron again tries to get Agnes to go with him, but is again repulsed. He then takes her to the place where her husband is to meet Cynthia, and when she sees him give the girl money, she concludes that he does not care for her. She decides to leave him, and after writing a note to him, goes with Akron, who has promised to escort her to the city. Cynthia's mother is stricken and Jack, following an examination, decides that she needs strychnine. He goes to his home to get it and finds the note left by his wife. Wild with rage, he sets out to overtake his wife and Akron, when he suddenly remembers his mission and makes for the sick woman's cabin. Meanwhile, Agnes experiences a change of heart, and starts back to the cabin. Akron is wild and attempts to prevent her, but he is intercepted by Jud, who is on his way home and who was the cause of Agnes changing her mind, he having met the couple at the railroad station where he thanked Agnes for her husband's kindness. Agnes reaches home, and chinking that Jack has not seen the note, destroys it. Jack arrives later, and, through the explanation of Jud, the situation is cleared, and husband and wife are reconciled. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
J. Warren Kerrigan Jack Brandon Jack Brandon See fewer	Captain Blood (1924)
Hazel Buckham Agnes Brandon Agnes Brandon See fewer	Liberty (1916)
Norbert A. Myles Actor Actor See fewer	The Daughter of Dawn (1920)
Buck Connors Actor Actor See fewer	The Duke of Chimney Butte (1921)
Helen Leslie Actress Actress See fewer	Timothy Dobbs, That's Me (1916)
Mae Talbot Actress (as Mary Talbot) Actress (as Mary Talbot) See fewer	Gloriana (1916)

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