Desert Driven (1923)

Bob Gaunt is wrongfully convicted of murder and escapes from prison through the desert. He finds employment on a ranch owned by Yorke, who believes the young man is innocence and conceals his identity. Bob soon becomes ranch foreman, and falls in love with Yorke's daughter, Mary. Former prison physician and drug trafficker Dr. Otis Craydon, the son of a neighboring rancher, is also in love with Mary, and tries to eliminate his rival by effecting Bob's recapture. Bob makes a second escape but is exonerated when the real murderer confesses.