The Hell Cat

The Hell Cat is a 1918 American silent Western film produced and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures. Reginald Barker directed and Geraldine Farrar starred. It is not known whether the film currently survives. Plot As described in a film magazine, half Irish and Spanish Pancha (Farrar), who has gained the sobriquet the Hell Cat, lives with her father (Black), a sheep rancher. Jim Dyke (Santchi), a cattleman, makes love to her and she spurns him. Her father then finds his sheep with their throats cut, and Sheriff Jack Webb (Sills) takes the case. The sheriff suspects Dyke, but lacks sufficient evidence to make a case. Finally, in a drunken rage, Dyke and his cowboys raid the O'Brian home and destroy it by fire, killing the father and one of his hands. Pancha, plotting to escape, consents to wed Dyke and they head for town. En route she stabs and kills him. The sheriff appears, and assumes the blame for Dyke's death, thus allowing for him and Pancha to marry. Cast Geraldine Farrar as Pancha O'Brien Tom Santschi as Jim Dyke Milton Sills as Sheriff Jack Webb William Black as Pancha's Father (credited as William W. Black) Evelyn Axzell as Wan-o-mee Clarence Williams George James Hopkins (credited as George Hopkins) Clarence Snyder Raymond Wallace Monte Jarrett Pete Nordquist Jimmy Tuff Dudley Smith Charlie Black Bryan Wangoman uncredited Texas Guinan