''The Scapegoat'' is a 1912 American

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silent Western film directed by

Otis B. Thayer Otis Bryant Thayer (1862 – August 16, 1935) was an American actor, director, producer and owner of silent era film production companies. Before his film career he was a stage actor and operatic comedian. By 1910, he piloted the Chicago base ...

and starring Tom Mix.

Plot summary

Cast

* Tom Mix as Tom Mason, the Scapegoat * Myrtle Stedman as Nellie Wright, Tom's sweetheart * William Duncan as Jack Wright, Nellie's brother * Olive Mix as Mrs Mason, Tom's mother * Frank Carroll as Mr Mason, Tom's father * Florence Dye as Alice Mason, Tom's sister * C. Parry as Harry Mason, Tom's brother * Olive Strokes as Rose Wright, Nellie's sister * Kenneth D. Langley as Jim Woods, Rose's sweetheart

Plot

After being wrongly accused of theft and ordered out of the family home by his irate father, Tom Mason goes west and settles in Colorado. He falls in love with Nellie and is later elected town sheriff. Nellie's brother Jack is a cowboy who gets involved with the wrong people and takes part in a bank robbery. Tom and Nellie are out of town and Nellie's horse bolts. Tom stops the horse and saves her life. On returning to town, Tom learns of the robbery and forms a posse. The outlaws split and Jack tries to swim across a river to evade his pursuers. He gets into difficulty and Tom ropes him to pull him out of the water. Nellie is astounded that her brother is a bank robber and pleads with Tom to release him. Tom reluctantly agrees but hands in his badge with the stolen money and rides away.

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* 1912 films 1912 Western (genre) films American silent short films American black-and-white films Films directed by Otis B. Thayer Silent American Western (genre) films 1910s English-language films 1910s American films {{1910s-US-Western-film-stub