Hell-to-Pay Austin[1][2] (also known, without hyphens, as Hell to Pay Austin)[3][4] is a 1916 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Paul Powell and starring Wilfred Lucas in the title role, with Bessie Love, Eugene Pallette, and Mary Alden in supporting roles.

[1] When a minister dies from alcoholism, his daughter Briar Rose (Love), also called "Nettles", is unofficially adopted by a team of lumberjacks, including the rough-and-tumble 'Hell-to-Pay' Austin (Lucas).

The lumberjacks and Nettles help her, and she invites Briar Rose to visit her in New York someday.

When taunted by her fellow students, Nettles leaves the school to stay with the woman she had met previously.

Austin comes to New York to rescue Nettles, and, reunited, they discover that their guardian/ward relationship has evolved into one of true love and they marry.