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directed by Joseph Franz and

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and starring

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, Jim Welch, and Barbara Starr.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, Grace Macy searches for money hidden by her grandfather just before he was killed by thieves. She hears a dying criminal's confession which brands McKeller as the murderer. Buck Fitzgerald offers to help her. Dee Halloran knows that McKeller is innocent. Buck attacks Grace to obtain the confession, but she escapes to Death Wash, where her grandfather's deserted cabin is located, pursued by Buck and his men. Dee comes to the rescue of Grace, locates the missing money, and wins her affection.

Cast

as Dee Halloran * Jim Welch as McKeller *

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as Grace Macy * Dick La Reno Jr. as Jess Macy * Les Bates as Buck Fitzgerald *

Jerome La Grasse Jerome (; la, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος Σωφρόνιος Ἱερώνυμος; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was a Christian priest, confessor, theologian, and historian; he is comm ...

as Matt Bunker * James B. Lowe as Rastus

Reception

The magazine,

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, called the film "fair" with "usual riding, shooting, conflict and love" for a western of its time.

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* * 1926 films 1926 Western (genre) films Universal Pictures films Films directed by Milburn Morante American black-and-white films Films directed by Joseph Franz Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub