The Desert Scorpion (originally titled The Last of the Open Range) is a 1920 American silent Western film directed by Otis B. Thayer and starring Edmund Cobb and Vida Johnson. The film was shot in Denver, Colorado by the Thayer's Art-O-Graf film company.[1][2][3][4]

The Desert Scorpion
Directed by	Otis B. Thayer
Story by	L. V. Jefferson
Starring	Edmund Cobb
Production company	Art-O-Graph Film Company
Distributed by	Arrow Film Corporation
Release date	January 15, 1920 (1920-01-15)
Running time	6 reels
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Plot

A feud between sheepherders and cattlemen heats up when the cattlemen set fire to the sheepherder's homes. The Sheepherder, who is in love with the Cattle Queen's daughter, leads a robbery on the cattlemen's bank. The Sheriff's daughter is impregnated and deserted by the Cattle Queen's daughter's fiancé. The sheepherders rescue her and abduct the Cattle King's daughter to nurse her back to health. The cattlemen track them back to the cabin where everything is revealed and forgiven. And the Cattle Queen's daughter falls in love with the Sheepherder.

Cast

• Edmund Cobb as the Sheepherder
• Vida Johnson as his daughter
• Clare Hatten as the Cattle Queen
• Otis B. Thayer as the Sheriff
• Gretchen Wood as a sheepherder's wife
• Zelma Edwards
• Frank Gallager
• A. E. McCormick
• Dave Campbell
• Babe Courvoisier
• Fred Shafer
• Lewis Milner

Crew

• Otis B. Thayer Managing Director
• Vernon L. Walker Head Cameraman
• H. Haller Murphy Cameraman

References

External links

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