A Yankee from the West
movie
Released August 19, 1915
Overview
Billy Milford, Harvard graduate, goes west to seek his fortune. In Addertown he secures a position as stationmaster of the L. & R. Railroad, but is forced out because of his drinking habits. He accidentally meets Gunhild, an emigrant Norwegian girl, as she arrives in Addertown to take up her home with Jan Hagsberg, the town's saloonkeeper. Seeking revenge on the railroad, Milford joins Jim Dorsey in a scheme to hold up the road's paymaster on his way to pay the employees of the company's mine.
Cast
Wallace Reid
as
Billy Milford aka Hell-in-the Mud
Seena Owen
as
Gunhild, a Norwegian Girl
Tom Wilson
as
Jim Dorsey, Milford's Pal
Josephine Crowell
as
Mrs. Stuvic, an Illinois Matron
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Chris Lynton
as
Professor Emerson
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William H. Brown
as
Jan Hagnerg, Gunhild's Uncle
Al W. Filson
as
Whitney Mills, R.R. Superintendent
George Siegmann
as
Sheriff Dick
Fred Gamble
as
The Railroad Superintendent
