The Return Of Draw Egan (AKA The Fugitive)
The Return Of Draw Egan (AKA The Fugitive)
starring and directed by William S. Hart. Great florid intertitles, all the western cliches. $1,000 reward poster; chase sequence (great exteriors); leads to gunfight; Saloon sequence; Hart drinking'; rolling a cigarette w/one hand; Hart shoots a man just for talking' back; West, horse, sheriff.
The Return Of Draw Egan (AKA The Fugitive)
1,000 reward sign "for the capture dead or alive, of Draw Egan, Bandit. Dan McKittrick, Sheriff." Cowboys stand on town's main street, horses ride up. WS open plains, Posse rides away from the camera leaving a dust cloud behind. VS posse riding through plains. Quick cut back to men assembling in the town street. Intertitles explain the action. More shots, MS and WS of groups of men on horses riding in the plains MS one rider with his rifle pointing out his man. They are now in pursuit.
The Return Of Draw Egan (AKA The Fugitive)
A chase ensues between two groups of horsemen. Wide shot of posse riding up mountain side. MS other group decide to fight. VS, WS horses over plains, through hills. One group stops at a cabin "The Outlaw's cabin".
The Return Of Draw Egan (AKA The Fugitive)
Ms interior outlaw's cabin - men scrambling to remain undetected. MS men crawling through brush, approaching cabin. Gun fight ensues - lots of smoke from rifles. One guys in the cabin pulls up floor boards, crawls under the cabin, other follow to their escape. A few men remain, still shooting at the other guys outside. Eventually, one guy is left in the cabin, still shooting, another lies dead next to him. He throws down his gun in frustration, when it's empty and won't fire anymore and escapes through the hole in the floor. The place is surrounded. When the guys surrounded the place finally break in they find it empty, one throws his hat down in exasperation. They see the open hole in the floor. Lone guy on his horse runs to camera, looks and then rides away.
The Return Of Draw Egan (AKA The Fugitive)
intertitle. MS saloon with a horse tie-up in front. Man walks out and throws his cigarette on the ground. A couple of men ride up and tie up their horses. MS interior saloon. 3 men walk in together and are immediately roughed up. MS bearded man in a hat smoking cigar, looking suspiciously off to the side. MS guys roughing it up at the bar - one guy even shoves the bartender - all in good fun. Ext. another guy rides up to the saloon, ties up his horse. Enters the bar where the bearded guy notices him. The group of roughnecks notice him too and he starts to look nervous. MWS he stands alone and calmly at the bar smoking while the others question and insult him. One guy tries to pull a gun on him but he's too quick and draws first. The others recoil but the bearded man look satisfied. The others attend to the shot man - who appears only to have a mild wound in the arm or hand.
The Return Of Draw Egan (AKA The Fugitive)
Bearded, cigar smoking man approaches cowboy at the now empty bar and introduces himself. The sit down at a table. Crowd of men drinking at bar. The women at the table talk and smoke. Bearded guy offers cowboy job as a Marshall. He flicks his ash and thinks about it and agrees to try. WS main street in town.