''Law of the Mounted'' is a 1928 American silent

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film directed by

J.P. McGowan John Paterson McGowan (February 24, 1880 – March 26, 1952) was a pioneering Hollywood actor and director and occasionally a screenwriter and producer. McGowan remains the only Australian to have been made a life member of the Screen Directo ...

and starring Bob Custer,

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and

Mary Mayberry Mary Mayberry (March 29, 1907 – May 4, 1972) was an American film actress of the silent era.Pitts p. 208 She was also billed as Mary Mabery in five films. After appearing in a number of shorts, she played the female lead in several westerns al ...

.McGowan p. 169

Synopsis

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officer on the trail of some

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thieves, discovers they are also tied up in a murder he is investigating.

Cast

* Bob Custer *

Mack V. Wright Mack V. Wright (March 9, 1894 – August 14, 1965) was an American actor and film director. Active as a director from 1920 to the late 1940s, he also had an extensive career as an assistant director, second-unit director and production man ...

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* Lynn Sanderson * Frank Ellis *

Sally Winters Sally Winters (also known as Sally McGowan) was an American screenwriter known for cranking out B movie Westerns in the late 1920s with her then-partner, director J.P. McGowan. She also appeared in a handful of movies as an actress. Personal li ...

References

Bibliography

* John J. McGowan. ''J.P. McGowan: Biography of a Hollywood Pioneer''. McFarland, 2005.

External links

* 1928 films 1928 Western (genre) films Films directed by J. P. McGowan American black-and-white films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films Royal Canadian Mounted Police in fiction Northern (genre) films {{silent-film-stub