The Bargain
AKA 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 1920 by Hart’s own company as The Two-Gun Man in the Bargain. The film was rereleased on 12 October 1923 by Tri-Stone Pictures, Incorporated.

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: 27 January 2006.

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.