A Yankee from the West

A Yankee from the West

A Yankee from the West

1915 50mMovie

DramaRomanceWestern

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.

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George Siegmann

Director

Opie Read

Novel

Top Cast

Wallace Reid

Wallace Reid

Billy Milford aka Hell-in-the Mud

Seena Owen

Seena Owen

Gunhild, a Norwegian Girl

Tom Wilson

Tom Wilson

Jim Dorsey, Milford's Pal

Josephine Crowell

Josephine Crowell

Mrs. Stuvic, an Illinois Matron

Chris Lynton

Professor Emerson

William H. Brown

Jan Hagnerg, Gunhild's Uncle

Al W. Filson

Al W. Filson

Whitney Mills, R.R. Superintendent

George Siegmann

George Siegmann

Sheriff Dick

Fred Gamble

Fred Gamble

The Railroad Superintendent