The Tell-Tale Arm (1917)

Ben Hart, a youthful mining expert, arrives in the mining town and promptly seeks out Mabel Whitaker and her mother, who have a map purporting to lead to a gold deposit. They determine to look at the deposit, but are warned by Jim Halliday, a bad man. That night Mabel sees a hand steal through the window and grasp for the map. She plunges a knife through the arm, and it is hastily withdrawn. The next day Ben sees Jim Halliday near the gold mine and sees that he is nursing a wounded arm. Ben overcomes the bandit and has him jailed.

Released May 9, 1917 20 min None+

Genres: Short

Keywords: mdblist.two-actors, mdblist.imdb-short, tmdb.lost-film, aspectratio.1-33-1

Production Companies: American Film Manufacturing Company

Country: United States
Production Country: United States
Languages: No Language, English