Plot
A Crook and his Pal are interrupted while trying to rob a bank and are forced to split up. Fearing capture, the Crook leaves town and hides out in a Western mining town. There he meets the Girl, who folks call the "Good Angel" because he devotes her life looking after the needs of others. The Crook disguises himself as a minister and, under the good influence of the Girl, decides to reform himself. The Crook informs his Pal (Lon Chaney) of his decision to go straight, but the Pal comes into town and persuades his friend to rob the local bank (thus the title of the film referring to the Chaney character). Coincidentally, the Girl's father is employed at the bank as a night watchman. In the attempted robbery, the Crook's Pal is killed, and the Crook is redeemed by the Girl's love and decides to go straight.Cast
* Murdock MacQuarrie as A Crook * Pauline Bush as The Girl *Reception
"This is an engaging drama, produced well with several new twists to the old story. The scenes are characteristic in every instance, some of the Western exteriors are especially beautiful...Lon Chaney is effective as the master criminal." ---Motion Picture News "A two-reel production which in its finished condition....promises to be unusually interesting. Pauline Bush plays the feminine lead, and as the woman whose courage and strength of purpose never failed her, she is beyond criticism. The story is of a man who was influenced by a bad companion to become a thief. He runs away eventually, and lands out west, where he tries to correct his methods of living. His former pal follows him, and the battle as to what the final result will be is won by the woman, whose mind is the stronger one." --- Moving Picture WorldBlake, Michael F. (1998). "The Films of Lon Chaney". Vestal Press Inc. Page 45. .References
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stronger Mind, The 1915 films 1915 drama films 1915 short films Silent American drama films American silent short films American black-and-white films Censored films Lost American films Films directed by Joseph De Grasse Universal Pictures short films 1915 lost films Lost drama films 1910s American films