- HD 1080
- Runtime: 69m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Ruth Ann Baldwin
- Stars: Joseph W. Girard, Leo Pierson, William Dyer, Mattie Witting, George C. Pearce
- keywords: silent film, woman director
- Production_studio: Universal Film Manufacturing Company
- Slogan: The Dramatic Story of an Attempt to Bring back the Days of '49
- The '49–'17 is featured in the top rankings of 1917
- #4 in Top Western Movies of 1917
A judge who had taken part in the gold rush of 1849 hires an acting troupe to recreate the experience in this rather fanciful silent Western. The make-believe turns serious when a real gold mine is discovered nearby and a local girl is kidnapped by a nasty gambler.