Jes' Call Me Jim

Summary

In this pastoral tapestry of moral rectitude and industrial malfeasance, Will Rogers embodies Jim Fenton, a figure of unassuming benevolence whose rustic exterior belies a sharp, instinctive sense of justice. The narrative engine ignites when Fenton encounters Paul Benedict, a brilliant inventor whose soul has been hollowed out by the predatory machinations of Belcher, a villain of Dickensian proportions. Having been stripped of his intellectual property and cast into the ignominy of a prison cell through a labyrinth of perjury, Benedict is a ghost of a man until Fenton intervenes. The film oscillates between the bucolic serenity of Fenton’s world and the cold, calculated avarice of the urban industrial complex. As Fenton orchestrates a meticulously crafted odyssey of retribution, the story transcends simple melodrama, evolving into a poignant examination of dignity reclaimed. The reclamation of Benedict’s freedom is not merely a legal victory but a spiritual resurrection, facilitated by Fenton’s quixotic commitment to righting the scales of an unbalanced society.

Synopsis

Jim Fenton helps rescue a falsely imprisoned inventor and assists him in avenging himself on the man who robbed him of his invention and of his freedom.