The Secret Man is a 1917 American silent Western film, directed by John Ford and featuring Harry Carey.

He picks her up and is proceeding on his way when his horse is frightened and bolts down a steep hillside.

The sheriff is happy to find that the girl Annabelle is his niece and in appreciation of Harry's kindness allows him to go free.

The film was released by Universal Studios through a subsidiary, Universal-Butterfly, in October 1917.

The Chicago Board of Censors required a cut of the scene of the jailer dropping the keys before the prisoner's cell.