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The Great Divide

4.8 72 mins Action   Romance   Western   1929
First National Pictures  
Director(s): Reginald Barker

Stephen Ghent, a mineowner, falls in love with Ruth Jordan, an arrogant girl from the East, unaware that she is the daughter of his dead partner. Ruth is vacationing in Arizona and Mexico with a fast set of friends, including her fiancé, Edgar. Manuella, a Spanish halfbreed hopelessly in love with Ghent, causes Ruth to return to her fiancé when she insinuates that Ghent belongs to her. Ghent follows Ruth, kidnaps her, and takes her into the wilderness to endure hardship. There she discovers that she loves Ghent, and she discards Edgar in favor of him.

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Dorothy Mackaill

as Ruth Jordan

Ian Keith

as Steven Ghent

Myrna Loy

as Manuella

Creighton Hale

as Edgar Blossom

Lucien Littlefield

as Texas Tommy

Ben Hendricks Jr.

as Dutch Romero

George Fawcett

as Macgregor

Claude Gillingwater

as Winthrop Amesbury

Roy Stewart

as Joe Morgan

Jean Laverty

as Verna

Frank Tang

as Wong

Bill Elliott

as Ruth's Friend (uncredited)

James Ford

as Ruth's Friend (uncredited)

Seymour Kupper

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Jean Lorraine

as Polly (uncredited)

Claude Payton

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Bob Reeves

as Cowboy (uncredited)

Hector V. Sarno

as Mexican (uncredited)

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