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Pay Me!
Also known as The Vengeance of the West in the USA
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Joseph de Grasse

Cast: Lon Chaney [Joe Lawson], Ed Brown [Martin], William Clifford [Hal Curtis], Evelyn Selbie [Hilda Hendricks], Tom Wilson [‘Mac’ Jepson], Dorothy Phillips [Marta], Claire du Brey [Marta], William Stowell [Bill, the boss], Dick La Reno

Jewel Productions, Incorporated (The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated) production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Bess Meredyth, from a screen story by Joseph de Grasse. Cinematography by King D. Gray. / © 11 July 1917 by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated (under the title The Vengeance of the West) [LP11078]. Released 1 September 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / This film was the first Jewel release for Universal.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost : Approximately 23 minutes of footage survives in the Gosfilmofond film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 22 May 2012.

References: Edmonds-BigU pp. 91, 96; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 27; Spehr-American p. 100; Weaver-Twenty p. 76 : ClasIm-223 p. 47 : Website-AFI.

 
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