''The Bloodhound'' is a 1925 American silent

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film, also classified as a

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. It was directed by

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and starred

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, David Dunbar, and

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Plot

As described in a film magazine reviews, Rambo, the father of Marie, is killed in a fight with a half-breed and with Belleau. The latter rides away. He is met by Fitzgerald, constable of the

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. When Fitzgerald hears of the killing, he sends out McKenna, sergeant of the force, whose face is familiar, it seems to Fitzgerald. The latter believes McKenna is the man who killed Rambo and pursues him after McKenna has started out to find Belleau. Marie hears of McKenna’s peril and starts in pursuit. When McKenna reaches the Belleau home, he finds Belleau wounded. He recognizes him as his long lost brother. He takes the blame of the killing upon himself. Marie reaches them and, in her love for him, pleads that he might not confess the crime. The half-breed learns that the guilt has been put on Marie’s lover. He then confesses the crime himself.

Cast

as Balleau / Sergeant Bill McKenna * David Dunbar as Rambo *

as Constable Ray Fitzgerald *

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as Marie Rambo *

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as Betty Belleau

References

Bibliography

* Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bloodhound (1925 film), The 1925 films 1925 Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by William James Craft Film Booking Offices of America films Films set in Canada 1920s American films English-language Western (genre) films