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1927 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and written by Roy Briant, Zane Grey,

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and John Stone. The film stars

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, Lane Chandler,

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, Bernard Siegel,

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and Buck Connors. The film was released on November 11, 1927, by

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Plot

Hired ranch-hand Tex Smith is smitten with Lucy Blake, who lives in the cattle settlement of Marco. Meanwhile,

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chief Brave Bear despises the encroachment of white people and conspires with Sam Hardman to steal the town's cattle during a rodeo. Tex is mistakenly identified as one of the rustlers. At the rodeo, he tries to impress Lucy by riding a bronco. When she loses control of her horse team in the buggy race, he rescues her then must evade the sheriff's men. Red and Hardman plan to get Tex before the sheriff gets him, but Lucy, convinced he is innocent, hides him at her ranch. Tex discovers the gang's hideout and forces a confession from Hardman, who warns Brave Bear. When the Indians attack the town, Tex and his men start a cattle stampede, and Tex saves Lucy and her father from their burning house. Hardman dies, after falling on his own knife.

Cast

as Lucy Blake * Lane Chandler as Tex Smith *

as Sam Hardman * Bernard Siegel as Brave Bear *

as Jim Blake *

as Red * Buck Connors as Sheriff Daley

References

External links

* * 1927 films 1920s English-language films 1927 Western (genre) films Paramount Pictures films American black-and-white films Lost Western (genre) films Lost American films Films directed by Clifford Smith 1927 lost films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub