''Tyrant of Red Gulch'', also known as ''The Sorcerer'', is a 1928 American silent

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film directed by

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and starring

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and Josephine Borio.Langman, p. 484 It was made by

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's FBO studio, soon to be merged into the much larger

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organization.

Premise

A gang working on behalf of a foreign government use slave labor to exploit a secret mine.

Cast

as Tom Masters *

as 'Tip' * Josephine Borio as Mitza * Harry Woods as Ivan Petrovitch *

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as Boris Kosloff *

Barney Furey Charles Manford "Barney" Furey (September 7, 1886 – January 18, 1938) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1912 and 1937. He was born in Boise, Idaho and died in Hollywood, California.

as Anton

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1928 Western (genre) films Films directed by Robert De Lacey 1928 films American black-and-white films Film Booking Offices of America films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub