A Man in the Open (1919)

It's mighty nice to see a real man make good when he has to plough through so many hazards to reach his goal.

Sailor Jesse, shipwrecked off the Texas coast, naively becomes involved with a cattle rustler. Because the sheriff believes in his innocence, Jesse finds work as a cowboy, but soon becomes infatuated with Polly, the medium for fake hypnotist Bull Brooks, and marries her. When he learns that Polly married to win a bet, Jesse attempts to take her from the town's influences to open spaces, but Brooks falsely reports that she killed herself rather than go.

• Release Date: 1919-02-23
• Runtime: 1h 0min
• Production Company: United Picture Theatres of America Inc.
• Production Country: United States of America
• Director: Ernest C. Warde