---
title: 'Pay Me! (1917)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Joe De Grasse'
released: '1917-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 74
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/pay-me-1917'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0008417/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Pay Me! (1917)

1917 · 74 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Pay Me! is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Joe De Grasse and starring Lon Chaney, Dorothy Phillips, and William Stowell. In the United States, the film is also known as The Vengeance of the West. The screenplay was written by Bess Meredith, based on a story by Joe De Grasse. This film was Universal Pictures' first "Jewel Production" release. Once considered to be a lost film, an incomplete (23-minute) print was rediscovered in the Gosfilmofond archive in Russia in 2019. A still exists showing Lon Chaney in the role of the villainous Joe Lawson.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Joe De Grasse](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-de-grasse)
- **Screenplay:** [Bess Meredyth](https://cinepixo.com/people/bess-meredyth)

## Cast

- [Claire Du Brey](https://cinepixo.com/people/claire-du-brey)
- [Tom Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-wilson)
- [Lon Chaney](https://cinepixo.com/people/lon-chaney)
- [William Clifford](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-clifford)
- [John George](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-george)
- [Dick La Reno](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-la-reno)
- [Tom Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-wilson-2)
- [Dorothy Phillips](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-phillips)
- [William Stowell](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-stowell)
- [Evelyn Selbie](https://cinepixo.com/people/evelyn-selbie)

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