The Great Divide
“Romance! As gripping as the Canyon itself! The Most Glorious Western Drama ever written!”
Alone and unprotected in an isolated wilderness cabin, Ruth Jordan is discovered by three drunken brutes who begin to barter for her. In desperation, she appeals to Stephen Ghent, the least degraded of the desperadoes, promising herself to him if he saves her from the others. Ghent buys off Shorty with a chain of gold nuggets and knocks Dutch senseless. Ghent then sends Dutch off with Shorty and takes Ruth to the next town, where he forces her to marry him. During the 3-day ride across the desert to Ghent's gold mine, the idealistic Ruth learns that he is a man of rough passions.
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Cast
8 people
Alice Terry
Ruth Jordan
Known for
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Conway Tearle
Stephen Ghent
Also in
Stella Maris
The Mystic
Wallace Beery
Dutch
Known for
Grand Hotel
Treasure Island
Huntley Gordon
Philip Jordan
Also in
Murder by Television
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
Allan Forrest
Winthrop Newbury
Also in
The Desert Bride
The Ghost of Rosy Taylor
George Cooper
Shorty
Also in
Think Fast, Mr. Moto
Flames
Zasu Pitts
Polly Jordan
Known for
Greed
Ruggles of Red Gap
William Orlamond
Lon
Known for
The Wind
Flesh and the Devil
Reginald Barker Director · Waldemar Young Writer James J. Tynan Author
Worldwide gross $674K · Budget $318K · United States release February 15, 1925
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Budget
$318,000
Worldwide gross
$674,000
Gross vs. budget
2.1×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corporation
Production
United States
Produced in
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · February 15, 1925
Theatrical
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