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and starring Jay Wilsey, Ann McKay and

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.Langman, p. 377

Plot

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agent Bill Morris investigates the Tracy and Ball Ranch about an operation smuggling

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across the

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. Morris discovers the rancher's son Henry Ball to be responsible but gets captured by the gang after a motorcycle chase. Morris escapes from a shack, captures a tractor, and apprehends the gang.

Cast

* Jay Wilsey as Bill Morris * Ann McKay as Rose Tracy *

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as Henry Ball

References

Bibliography

* Langman, Larry. ''A Guide to Silent Westerns''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1992.

External links

* 1927 films 1927 Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films Pathé Exchange films Films directed by Richard Thorpe Silent American Western (genre) films Films about illegal immigration to the United States 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub