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and

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, see Treat 'Em Rough.'' ''Treat 'Em Rough'' is a 1919 American silent

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film starring

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and directed by

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, who also wrote the screenplay based upon a novel by Charles Alden Seltzer. The supporting cast includes

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and

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. The picture was filmed in

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. Mix plays a gunfighter who is hired to stop a gang of

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. Mix's

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work in this film was so impressive that a ''

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'' reviewer suggested that trick photography was involved.

Plot

As described in a film publication, daredevil cowboy Ned Ferguson (Mix) is hired by John Stafford (Curtis) to stop the cattle rustling plaguing his ranch. On the way to the ranch Ned is bitten by a rattlesnake and is nursed by Mary Radford (Novak), who is writing a western novel. Ranch foreman Dave Leviatt (Le Moyne) tells Ned that Mary's brother Ben (Paul) is behind the rustling. After Ben and Ned come to an understanding, Dave shoots Ben from undercover, and Ben is sure that Ned double-crossed him. Mary will have nothing to do with Ned, even after Ned saves her life during a cattle stampede. Ned finally runs down the rustlers, and Mary sees him as a hero instead of merely putting him in her novel.

Cast

as Ned Ferguson *

as Mary Radford *

as Ben Radford * Charles Le Moyne as Dave Leviatt * Jack Curtis as John Stafford

Preservation

The film was preserved at the

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in 2008 through a federal grant from the

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. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:''..Treat 'Em Rough''
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References

External links

* {{Lynn Reynolds 1919 films 1919 Western (genre) films Fox Film films American black-and-white films Films directed by Lynn Reynolds Silent American Western (genre) films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films English-language Western (genre) films