Until They Get Me

1917 DramaWestern 58 minutes Directed by Frank Borzage

About Until They Get Me

Kirby kills a man in self-defense while racing to his wife's deathbed. Selwyn of the North West Mounted Police arrests him, then lets him say goodbye. Kirby slips away and stays a fugitive. Each year he comes back to see his son. On one visit he meets Margy, a farmhouse servant who has run from her work. Frank Borzage directed. Pauline Starke, Jack Curtis, and Joe King are billed.

Cast & crew

More about Until They Get Me

Wikidata times it at 58 minutes. Anna Dodge, Wilbur Higby, and Walter Perry are on the catalog cast. The English Wikipedia says the U.S. copyright has expired. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.

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Preservation

U.S. copyright has expired. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.

Notes

  • The goodbye at the deathbed is the opening Selwyn allows. The escapes come after.
  • Margy is a servant who has already left, not a woman Kirby takes from a house.
  • The Commons file uses the 1917 title.

Scenes

  • Selwyn lets Kirby in to the dying wife, and Kirby does not stay to be held.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (Until They Get Me)