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The Dead Man’s Claim
(1912) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Gilbert M. Anderson

Cast: Gilbert M. Anderson [Jim Durkin], Fred Church [Black, Durkin’s partner], Arthur Mackley [the prospector], Brinsley Shaw [the indian]

Essanay Film Manufacturing Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 11 May 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the United Kingdom on 27 June 1912.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive [35mm positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 3 May 2014.

References: Website-IMDb.