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To a Finish Synopsis
Bill Terry, the virtual owner of the town of Half-Way, wants to gain possession of Joe Blake's ranch. He "plants" calves among Blake's cattle and then accuses him of rustling and orders the town clerk not to serve Blake. Doris Lane, the sheriff's daughter, who has been promised to Terry, loses faith in him when she hears his gang plotting against Joe Blake's son, Jim, the rival suitor. When Jim is wounded in a fight with Terry's men, Doris hides him; Terry and his gang leader, Wolf Gray, abduct Doris; but Jim defeats them in a gun battle and wins the girl he loves.
The Unwritten Code Synopsis
Kimura, a drunk and a gambler, has no affection for his daughter Kiku-San, who falls in love with Dick Tower, an American college friend of her brother Okuma. After Suzuki, a geisha house proprietor, meets Kiku-San, he runs up Kimura's bill to such an exorbitant amount, that Kimura readily agrees to give him Kiku-San as payment. Seeing her peril, Tower and his friend Thompson rescue Kiku-San after fighting Suzuki and his patrons. Tower takes her to his home, and because this compromises her, they marry. Kiku-San and Tower are happy until his friends at the American Club snub them. Even Thompson encourages Tower to divorce her. After Tower meets Margaret, a wealthy American widow, he tires of being ostracized, and becomes cold to Kiku-San. Her sadness, conveyed to Okuma, causes him to threaten to kill Tower unless she refuses to go with him to America for Christmas. She does refuse, and Tower sails with Margaret, happy with the belief that Kiku-San wanted the separation, while Kiku-San sits in sorrow among cherry blossom trees.
"The Unwritten Code" is currently leading in ratings, making it a stronger choice for newcomers to the genre.
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