''The Border Sheriff'' is a 1926 American silent

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directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring

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, and S.E. Jennings.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, Cultus Collins, the sheriff of Cayuse County, confers with the

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in Washington regarding a gang smuggling dope from Mexico. The trail leads to Carter Brace in San Francisco, who is the business representative of Henry Belden. Sheriff Collins becomes acquainted with Henry and his daughter Joan, and foils an attempt to kidnap them in Chinatown. Later in Cayuse County, Collins frustrates the schemes of the gang, again saves both of the Beldens, and wins the affection of Joan.

Cast

as Sheriff Cultus Collins *

as Joan Belden * S.E. Jennings as Carter Brace *

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as Tate 'Tater-bug' Cooper * Buck Moulton as Limpy Peel *

Thomas G. Lingham Thomas G. Lingham (April 7, 1870 – February 19, 1950; also credited as Thomas Lingham, Tom Lingham, and as T. G. Lingham) was an American stage performer and then a film actor during both the silent and early sound eras. He appeared in mo ...

as Henry Belden *

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as Joe Martinez * Frank Rice as Marsh Hewitt

References

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* * 1926 films 1926 Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films Universal Pictures films Films directed by Robert N. Bradbury American black-and-white films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub