The Square Deal Man
(1917) American
B&W : Five reels
Directed by William S. Hart

Cast: William S. Hart [Jack O’Diamonds], Mary MacIvor [Virginia Ransome], Joseph J. Dowling [Two Spot], Mary Jane Irving [Blossom], J. Frank Burke [Colonel Ransome], Darrel Foss [Pedro], Thomas Kurihara [Anastacio], Milton Ross [‘Preaching’ Dan], Charles O. Rush [Broadway Hammersley]

New York Motion Picture Corporation production; distributed by Triangle Distributing Corporation [Kay-Bee]. / Scenario by J.G. Hawks. Production supervision by Thomas H. Ince. Art direction by Robert Brunton. Cinematography by Joe August (Joseph H. August). / Produced 1 November through 14 December 1916. Released 25 March 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Production cost: $24,757.73. [?] Limbacher-Feature p. 232 lists the director as Harley Knoles.

Drama: Western.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.4235.

Survival Status: Prints exists in the Library of Congress film archive, and in the International Museum of Photography and Film at George Eastman House film archive.

Keywords: Fights: Gun - Gamblers - Gambling - Mexicans - Ranches - Weapons: Guns

Listing updated: 3 April 2009.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.4235; Koszarski-Hart pp. xvii, 64-65; Lahue-Triangle p. 20; Limbacher-Feature p. 232.

Home video: DVD.