The Fatal Card

The Fatal Card was released on February 21, 1914.

The Fatal Card has a runtime of 11m.

Of Edythe's two suitors, she favors Ralph, a neighboring ranchman, while her father prefers Harley, his foreman. Bill, one of the ranch hands, is discharged. He learns that the ranchman is to dispose of some stock and resolves to hold up the foreman. This he does, disguising himself with a bandanna stolen from Ralph. Bill is hurriedly fleeing from the scene of the hold-up, when he runs into Ralph. Bill takes refuge up a tree. Attempting to count the money he has stolen, he drops the coat and gun, which are shortly found by Ralph. Meanwhile the ranchman has been notified and with his daughter, hurries to the scene. Ralph is captured and accused of the robbery. This he denies, but the fact that his coat and gun were used by the robber convinces the men that he is the guilty party. He is led to a tree, and despite Edythe's pleading, is about to be hung. One of the men climbs the tree, which happens to be the same tree in which Bill has found a haven. Bill is discovered, and searched. The money is found on his person. He insists that the money is his savings, and this is believed, until the foreman happens to remember that in the roll of money from the sale of the stock, he had inserted the stockman's card, and when this card is found there remains no question as to who was the holdup man.

The key characters in The Fatal Card are Arthur (Arthur Allardt), Edythe (Edythe Sterling), Edythe's Father (Joseph Franz).

The Fatal Card is a Short, Drama, Western film.