The Reformation of Jack Robins

The Reformation of Jack Robins

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The Reformation of Jack Robins

1911

0h 11m

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Western

Overview

Jack Robbins is a gentleman bandit. For months he has been hunted in vain by Bob Ford, the sheriff. Mary Gray, a young lady physician, comes west; Robbins befriends her and, not knowing him to be a bandit, she admires him. One day the sheriff gets close enough to Robbins to seriously wound him and he is in desperate straits. By accident Dr. Gray finds him and he becomes her patient.

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Francis Ford

Jack Robbins

Francis Ford

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Edith Storey

Dr. Mary Gray

Edith Storey

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William Clifford

Bob Ford

William Clifford

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