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Dramatic Missouri tale of a doomed love and revenge
In a postwar Missouri town Col Jim Farrar clashes with his rival Melvin Lessure over Lucile Farrar. A murder plot, forged evidence, and a dramatic courtroom confession unfold as Lessure dies by his own hand and Farrar accepts absolution before execution, while Lucile and Lessure’s fates end in tragedy.
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Missouri
Lyon
Price
Col
Jim Farrar
Quartrell
Chester
Col. Farrar
Lucile
Lucelle Farrar
Melvin Lessure
Lessure
Madame Grundy
Lucile Farrar
Gaspard Lessure
Melvin
Melvin ‘Lessure
Jim
Farrar
Col Farrar
Colt
Tar
Topr
the Law
St. Louis
Judge Stoakes
Grover
Joseph B. Bowles