''The Set-Up'' is a 1926 American silent

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directed by Clifford Smith and starring

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, and

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, Thora Barton's father is killed by robbers who fail to find the bag of money he was carrying. Stratton, deputy sheriff who is in love with Thora, is set to guard the Barton ranch for latter's creditors. The bag is found by two youngsters who rush to tell Thera. Thora goes with them to get the money and is followed by thugs, but rescued by Stratton, who tricks one of the criminals into confessing to the Cliff Barton murder.

Cast

as Deputy Art Stratton *

as Thora Barton *

as Tub Jones *

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 Seth Tolliver *

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as Cliff Barton * Jack Quinn as Bert Tolliver * William Welsh as Sheriff Hayes

References

Bibliography

* 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

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