The Square Deal Man
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by William S. Hart
Cast: William S. Hart [‘Jack O’Diamonds’], Mary MacIvor [Virginia Ransome], J.J. Dowling (Joseph J. Dowling) [‘Two Spot’ Hargis], Mary Jane Irving [Blossom], J. Frank Burke [Colonel Ransome], Darrell Foss (Darrel Foss) [Pedro], Thomas Kurihara [Anastacio], Milton Ross [Reverend Daniel ‘Preaching Dan’ Gunning], Charles O. Rush [‘Broadway’ Hammersley]
New York Motion Picture Corporation production; distributed by Triangle Distributing Corporation [Triangle Kay-Bee]. / Scenario by J.G. Hawks. Production supervision by Thomas H. Ince. Art direction by Robert Brunton. Cinematography by Joe August (Joseph H. August). / Produced 1 November through 14 December 1916. Released 25 March 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Production cost: $24,757.73. The film was rereleased in the USA by S.A. Lynch Enterprises, Incorporated. [?] Limbacher-Feature p. 232 lists the director as Harley Knoles.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.4235.
Survival status: Prints exists in the Library of Congress film archive; and in the George Eastman Museum film archive; and in private film collections [8mm reduction prints].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Fights: Gun - Gamblers - Gambling - Mexicans - Ranches - Weapons: Guns
Listing updated: 20 September 2010.
References: Film credits, film viewing : AFI-F1 n. F1.4235; Koszarski-Hart pp. xvii, 64-65; Lahue-Triangle p. 20; Limbacher-Feature p. 232.
Home video: DVD.
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