A Yankee from the West

Billy Milford, Harvard graduate, goes west to seek his fortune. In Addertown he secures a position as stationmaster of the L. & R. Railroad, but is forced out because of his drinking habits. He accidentally meets Gunhild, an emigrant Norwegian girl, as she arrives in Addertown to take up her home with Jan Hagsberg, the town's saloonkeeper. Seeking revenge on the railroad, Milford joins Jim Dorsey in a scheme to hold up the road's paymaster on his way to pay the employees of the company's mine.

Wallace Reid

Billy Milford aka Hell-in-the Mud

Seena Owen

Gunhild, a Norwegian Girl

Tom Wilson

Jim Dorsey, Milford's Pal

Josephine Crowell

Mrs. Stuvic, an Illinois Matron

Chris Lynton

Professor Emerson

William H. Brown

Jan Hagnerg, Gunhild's Uncle

Al W. Filson

Whitney Mills, R.R. Superintendent

George Siegmann

Sheriff Dick

Fred Gamble

The Railroad Superintendent

• George SiegmannDirector
• Opie ReadNovel

Release date

August 19, 1915

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

50m

Rated

NR

Genres

Drama, Romance, Western

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