The Post Telegrapher (1912)

6.0/10 25 min Western

Overview

Bob Evans, a telegraph operator, together with a group of soldiers gets ambushed by Sioux Indians. Wounded, he climbs into a telegraph pole and asks through the telegraph wires for help from the fort. Bob's fiancée Edith comes along with the soldiers. The soldiers find only dead bodies and decide to chase the Indians. Edith stays behind to search for Bob. She finds him and together they return to the fort. The Sioux then attack the fort, but when the situation seems hopeless, the army returns and the Indians are expelled.

Cast

Francis Ford

Bob Evans - the Post Telegrapher

Ann Little

Eva Reynolds - the Colonel's Daughter

Lillian Christy

The Settler's Daughter

Jack Conway

Mildred Harris

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