''The Saddle Cyclone'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by

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and starring Jay Wilsey,

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, and

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, Regan and Burns intend to foreclose a mortgage on Lowery's ranch. Lowery's foreman, Bill Demming, and his assistant get into a scrap. Bill runs away and is charged with murder. He impersonates Lowery in order to get money from the latter's grandfather to pay off the mortgage and succeeds, but is compelled to marry Alice Roland, the old man's niece. Bill is cleared of the murder chargeand Lowery's ranch is saved. Bill and Alice face a happy future together.

Cast

* Jay Wilsey as Bill Demming * Nell Brantley as Alice Roland * Will Herford as Joshua Lowery *

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as Frank Lowery *

as Andy Simms *

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as Regan *

as Burns

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

* 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 Richard Thorpe 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub