William S. Hart Movies

  • 1920
    The Cradle of Courage

    The Cradle of Courage

    The Cradle of Courage

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    Former crook 'Square' Kelly serves in the First World War. When he returns from the war, one of his comrades-in-arms convinces him to join the police...

    The Cradle of Courage
  • 1923
    Wild Bill Hickok

    Wild Bill Hickok

    Wild Bill Hickok

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    The former gambler turned upholder of law and order after a run-in with a gang of stage robbers.

    Wild Bill Hickok
  • 1919
    Breed of Men

    Breed of Men

    Breed of Men

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    Boss rider "Careless" Carmody is made sheriff of an Arizona frontier town by Chicago swindler Prentice. The naive Carmody actually believes Prentice...

    Breed of Men
  • 1915
    Bad Buck of Santa Ynez

    Bad Buck of Santa Ynez

    Bad Buck of Santa Ynez

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    An outlaw on the run comes upon a widow and her small child. When the child is bitten by a snake, the outlaw risks his life by riding into town to...

    Bad Buck of Santa Ynez
  • 1924
    Singer Jim Mckee

    Singer Jim Mckee

    Singer Jim Mckee

    01924HD

    Jim McKee and his friend Buck rob a stagecoach to get money to support Buck's daughter. Buck is killed, but Jim and the daughter escape. Fifteen...

    Singer Jim Mckee
  • 1917
    All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan

    All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan

    All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan

    01917HD

    Short film with Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford & W.S. Hart promoting war bonds.

    All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
  • 1915
    The Ruse

    The Ruse

    The Ruse

    01915HD

    "Bat" Peters, reformed gunfighter turned prospector, travels to Chicago to collect on a business deal with a mine promoter who turns out to be...

    The Ruse
  • 1916
    The Devil's Double

    The Devil's Double

    The Devil's Double

    01916HD

    "Bowie" Blake is a gambler in a mining camp. One day, an artist, Van Dyke Tarleton comes to town with his wife, Naomi. He sees Bowie and decides he...

    The Devil's Double
  • 1916
    The Dawn Maker

    The Dawn Maker

    The Dawn Maker

    01916HD

    Half-breed Joe Elk wavers between the "civilized" nature of his white father and the passion of his Indian mother. He falls in love with Alice McRae,...

    The Dawn Maker
  • 1915
    The Disciple

    The Disciple

    The Disciple

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    Jim Houston, the "Shootin' Iron" Parson, comes to Barren Gulch to reform the morals of the frontier community.

    The Disciple
  • 1914
    His Hour of Manhood

    His Hour of Manhood

    His Hour of Manhood

    01914HD

    Pete Larson is a brute whose battered wife, Anne, finally finds courage to leave. The woman gets lost in the wilderness and is taken in by a young...

    His Hour of Manhood
  • 1917
    The Cold Deck

    The Cold Deck

    The Cold Deck

    01917HD

    Gambler "On-the Level" Leigh (William S. Hart) is forced to leave his high rolling lifestyle to move his ailing sister Alice (Mildred Harris) to the...

    The Cold Deck
  • 1918
    Shark Monroe

    Shark Monroe

    Shark Monroe

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    In this 1918 film, newly restored by MoMA, Hart is a ship's captain in the Pacific Northwest who abandons his post to pursue a woman who does not...

    Shark Monroe
  • 1915
    Cash Parrish's Pal

    Cash Parrish's Pal

    Cash Parrish's Pal

    01915HD

    Cash Parrish, a bandit, is betrayed to the sheriff by his pal, Jud Ross, who covets Parrish's treasure and his wife, Rose.

    Cash Parrish's Pal
  • 1914
    Two-Gun Hicks

    Two-Gun Hicks

    Two-Gun Hicks

    01914HD

    Two-Gun Hicks is a silent western.

    Two-Gun Hicks
  • 1917
    Truthful Tulliver

    Truthful Tulliver

    Truthful Tulliver

    01917HD

    Truthful Tulliver, a Westerner and a journeying newspaperman, followed by Silver Lode Thompson, printer and compositor, arrives in Glory Hole to...

    Truthful Tulliver
  • 1915
    Grit

    Grit

    Grit

    01915HD

    Grit is a Western short

    Grit
  • 1915
    The Sheriff's Streak of Yellow

    The Sheriff's Streak of Yellow

    The Sheriff's Streak of Yellow

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    One of the earliest westerns directed by William S. Hart. In this film Sferiff Hale (Hart) lets a villain escape to pay his 'debt' to him, at the...

    The Sheriff's Streak of Yellow
  • 1918
    Wolves of the Rail

    Wolves of the Rail

    Wolves of the Rail

    61918HD

    Smoky Gap Railroad president Murray Lemantier is fed up with a bandit gang led by Buck Andrade constantly holding up his train and getting away with...

    Wolves of the Rail
  • 1918
    Staking His Life

    Staking His Life

    Staking His Life

    01918HD

    In this re-edited, re-titled version of 'Conversion of Frosty Blake, The (1915)', some character names are changed but the story, of a New England...

    Staking His Life