The Sheriff's Prisoner

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The Sheriff's Prisoner
Produced by Siegmund Lubin
StarringRobyn Adair
Mary Ryan
Distributed by General Film Company
Release date
  • August 31, 1912 (1912-08-31)
Running time
1 reel
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

The Sheriff's Prisoner is a 1912 American short silent Western film starring Robyn Adair and Mary Ryan, a popular stage actress making her motion picture debut. The Lubin Manufacturing Company produced with release by the General Film Company. [1]

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