The Taking of Luke McVane

19151915
20m

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5.7/10

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Short Western

Luke McVane, a big, good-natured, desert miner, comes into the little adobe frontier outfitting town of Sage on the Arizona desert with about $300, the result of three months' hard work and ... Read allLuke McVane, a big, good-natured, desert miner, comes into the little adobe frontier outfitting town of Sage on the Arizona desert with about $300, the result of three months' hard work and a clean up on his desert claim. Not a bad sort at heart, but crazed by desert fire water a... Read allLuke McVane, a big, good-natured, desert miner, comes into the little adobe frontier outfitting town of Sage on the Arizona desert with about $300, the result of three months' hard work and a clean up on his desert claim. Not a bad sort at heart, but crazed by desert fire water and fleeced of his wad by "Crooked Jim" Ashley, a tough gambler. Luke turns bad, kills his ... Read all

IMDb RATING

5.7/10

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414,528

54,700

Directors
- William S. Hart
- Clifford Smith
Writers
- Thomas H. Ince(scenario)
- Richard V. Spencer(scenario)
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Enid Markey in The Taking of Luke McVane (1915)

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William S. Hart

Luke McVane

Enid Markey

Mercedes

Clifford Smith

Sheriff Stark
(as S.C. Smith)

Ernest Swallow

Jack Ashley

Fritz the Horse

McVane's horse
(uncredited)

Directors
- William S. Hart
- Clifford Smith
Writers
- Thomas H. Ince(scenario) (story)
- Richard V. Spencer(scenario) (story)
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Prints of this film are held by the Library of Congress,(under the title: The Fugitive.) and the UCLA Film and Television Archives.

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Edited into Variety Time (1948)

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A very absorbing feature

A strong Western number in two reels, featuring Wm. S. Hart and Enid Markey. Hart plays the part of Luke. He shoots a man whom he discovers cheating at cards. The sheriff follows and both men are attacked by a band of Indians on the rampage. The escape to the desert and the girl's ruse in throwing the main body of pursuers off the trail made a very absorbing feature. Luke wounds the sheriff and then both are killed while fighting the redskins on the open desert. A picturesque and generally pleasing object, worked out with feeling. - The Moving Picture World, April 17, 1915

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