Underground Favorites Mirroring the Impact of Mountain Law: Cult Guide

Dir: Ned Finley

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Mountain Law perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

O'Garry, a Royal Mounted officer, attempts to break up the operations of a gang of cattle rustlers which has established itself near the American border. O'Garry disguises himself as a tenderfoot and finds employment on the ranch which is the headquarters of the gang. The tenderfoot is asked to help in the re-branding process, but calls a halt by arresting the foreman. A terrific fight follows in which the officer is overpowered. Ciel, the foreman's daughter, attempts to release the officer, but is detected, and to save the situation she pushes O'Garry into a bear trap, telling the men she did it to prevent his escape. Later Ciel manages to release O'Garry and speeds him on his way for reinforcements, but is forced to seek safety from the wolves in the top of a tree. O'Garry returns in time to rescue the girl from her stepfather, who is attempting to brand her with a red hot iron for her refusal to marry his half-breed companion, and another fierce fight follows in which the mounted officer emerges the victor.

Dir: Ned Finley

Buck Lane, a native of Tennessee, becomes interested in the use of dynamite by a stranger who is investigating mineral deposits in the mountains. The stranger is bound for Sunset Gap. Bud warns him not to go because the populace is aroused by recent raids of the moonshiners. The stranger goes but returns wounded. Bud offers to do his work. Bud takes up his duties and no one questions his right except Lem Gill, a native who has returned after several years' absence to help round-up the moonshiners. He has heard that the Farleys operate a still in the neighborhood but cannot locate it. When Bud appears, Lem becomes suspicious and intimates that he is a spy. Bud is anxious for the Farleys to benefit by the copper that he is sure is on their land. The officers are closing in on the still, but Bud has anticipated their find and set a charge of dynamite under the still. He blows it up and unearths a vein of copper. When the officers appear he tells them that he has bought the land and that he has located a rich copper vein. Bud and Lem reach a complete agreement and all is settled.