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The Jaguar's Claws

A Story of a Mexican Bandit and an Oil Hell Town
Jun 11, 1917 · 50m
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Drama
Western

PLOT

The manager of the American oil company quits out of fear of El Jaguar, the bandit who is terrorizing the Mexican countryside, Phil Jordan is sent in his place. Phil arrives with his younger sister Nancy, when the bandit makes a unwanted pass towards the girl, Phil beats him, causing El Jaguar to vow revenge. Waiting until Phil's bride Beth arrives, El Jaguar captures all three Americans and sadistically forces Phil to choose between leaving with his sister or his wife. Beth volunteers to remain as a sacrifice, and Phil and Nancy ride off, soon to encounter a troop of rangers. They all rush back to rescue Beth, but before they arrive, the bandit is killed by a woman whom he had abducted and violated on her wedding night.

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CAST

Sessue Hayakawa
El Jaguar
Fritzi Brunette
Beth Thomas
Tom Moore
Phil Jordan
Marjorie Daw
Nancy Jordan
Tom Forman
Harry Knowles
Mabel Van Buren
Marie
Horace B. Carpenter
Horace
Lucien Littlefield
Henchman
Directed by Marshall Neilan

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
Country
US

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