| O'Malley of the Mounted | |
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| Directed by | Lambert Hillyer |
| Screenplay by | William S. Hart Lambert Hillyer |
| Produced by | William S. Hart |
| Starring | William S. Hart Eva Novak Leo Willis Alfred Allen Bert Sprotte Antrim Short |
| Cinematography | Joseph H. August |
| Edited by | LeRoy Stone |
Production company | William S. Hart Productions |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
O'Malley of the Mounted is a 1921 AmericansilentWestern film directed byLambert Hillyer and written by Hillyer andWilliam S. Hart. The film stars William S. Hart,Eva Novak,Leo Willis,Alfred Allen,Bert Sprotte, andAntrim Short. The film was released on February 6, 1921, byParamount Pictures.[1][2]
In 1921, theMotion Picture World summarized,
"O'Malley of the Mounted" is a sergeant who has won his stripes by getting any criminal he is sent out to arrest, this in wild Northwestern territory amid men who dare follow their own impulses rather than obey the law.[3]
O'Malley is assigned to arrest La Grange, a man who murdered a saloon keeper. O'Malley believes La Grange went south to escape over the border into America.[3]
He encounters outlaws at a saloon inForker City. He joins their gang by robbing a bank of $5,000.[3]
He soon develops a crush on Rose Lanier and a friendship with her brother, Bud, a fugitive of the law.[3]
Later, O'Malley fights a character named Red Jaeger who later exposes O'Malley as a Mountie and traitor. O'Malley is bound to a tree as the criminals plan to execute him at daybreak via hanging. Rose Lanier pretends to be against him, but clandestinely hands him a knife to rescue him.[3]
According toMotion Picture World, the film concludes:
By Rose and Bud the sergeant is rescued from sure death. While riding with them toward the border he confirms his suspicions that Bud is the murderer he is seeking, but finds that the killing was done to avenge a wronged sister. He leaves the brother and sister to make his report, and finds his act justified by his commanding officer. He returns to his loved one no longer "O'Malley of the Mounted."[3]
A copy of the film is in theLibrary of Congress and theMuseum of Modern Art film archives.[4][5]
In 1959, the film's plot, as well as its characters, were lampooned as part ofThe Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends.[6] The inspired segment is calledDudley Do-Right of the Mounties.[6] Dudley Do-Right's first appearance specifically incorporates silent film tropes such asintertitles andiris shots as well as incorporating a similar plot.[6]
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