A Man's Man

A Man's Man (1917) is a adventure, romance film directed by Oscar Apfel.

John Stuart Webster, mining engineer, having accumulated a fortune in Death Valley, Calif., starts for Denver. On the train is Dolores Ruey, a beautiful Spanish girl reared in the United States. Webster thrashes a travelling salesman who has been forcing his attentions on Dolores and thereby gains her admiration. Upon his arrival in Denver he leaves for Sobrante, Central America, to finance a mine found by his former protege, Billy Geary. Dolores is also bound for Sobrante. Her father, Don Ricardo Ruey, had been President of the Republic, until he was killed by revolutionists. They board the same train but Webster is seized with ptomaine poisoning and is removed to a hospital. Dolores is met by Billy Geary, who falls desperately in love with her. When he arrives. Webster does everything to give Geary a clear field, but after he has put Dolores' brother in the place his father held, he finds he has not only won a revolution, but a wife.

Cast

J. Warren Kerrigan

John Stuart Webster

Lois Wilson

Dolores Ruey

Kenneth Harlan

Billy Geary

Edward Coxen

John Cafferty

Eugene Pallette

Captain Benevido

Ida Lewis

Mother Jenks

Harry von Meter

Ricardo Ruey

Arthur Allardt

Dr. Pacheo

Joseph J. Dowling

President Sarros

John Steppling

Neddy Jerome

Wallace Worsley

Henry Jenks

Ernest Pasque

Captain Arredondo