The Bargain
Also known as The Two-Gun Man in the Bargain in the USA
(1914) American
B&W : Seven reels
Directed by Reginald Barker

Cast: William S. Hart [Jim Stokes], J. Frank Burke [Sheriff Bud Walsh], Barney Sherry (J. Barney Sherry) [Phil Brent], James Dawley [Minister Wilkes], Clara Williams [Nell Brent]

New York Motion Picture Corporation production; distributed by Famous Players Film Company (Paramount Pictures Corporation). / Produced by Thomas H. Ince. Scenario by William H. Clifford and Thomas H. Ince. Cinematography by Robert Newhard. / © 3 December 1914 by New York Motion Picture Corporation [LP5157]. © 12 October 1923 by Tri-Stone Pictures, Incorporated. Released 3 December 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The production was shot from 11 June through 5 August 1914. Some location photography shot in the Grand Canyon, Arizona. This film was Hart’s first feature film. The film was rereleased in the USA as The Two-Gun Man in the Bargain by Hart’s own company in 1920. The film was rereleased in the USA by Tri-Stone Pictures, Incorporated, on 12 October 1923.

Drama: Western.

Synopsis: Synopses available in AFI-F1 n. F1.0220, and in Koszarski-Hart p. 3.

Survival Status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive, 35mm fine-grain preservation negative, 35mm preservation positive], and in the Newhall/William S. Hart film collection.

Keywords: USA: Arizona: Grand Canyon

Listing updated: 3 April 2009.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.0220; Everson-American pp. 244, 245; Fell-History p. 90; FilmDaily-1926 p. 22; Koszarski-Hart pp. xii, xviii, 3-6; Lahue-Triangle pp. 136-137; Limbacher-Feature p. 16; Tarbox-Lost p. 227.

Home video: DVD.