''Ace of Cactus Range'' is a 1924 American

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) ...

directed by

Denver Dixon Albert Victor Adamson (January 4, 1890 – November 9, 1972) was a New Zealand director, producer, screenwriter, and actor most famous for directing and starring in B and Z grade westerns in the early days of motion pictures. Adamson often ...

and Malon Andrus and starring

Art Mix Art Mix (born George Washington Kesterson; June 18, 1896 – December 7, 1972), was an American character actor from the 1920s until the mid-1940s. Biography Prior to becoming an actor, Mix worked as a circus performer and a boxer. He initially ...

Virginia Warwick Virginia Warwick (born in 1903) was an actress in silent films. She had several starring roles including in ''Ace of Cactus Range'' (1924). Biography Warwick's early education came in her birthplace of St. Louis; her later schooling came in Los ...

, and

Clifford Davidson Clifford may refer to: People *Clifford (name), an English given name and surname, includes a list of people with that name *William Kingdon Clifford *Baron Clifford *Baron Clifford of Chudleigh *Baron de Clifford *Clifford baronets * Clifford fam ...

. It was released in April 1924.

Plot

U.S. Marshal Bob Cullen has infiltrated a gang of diamond thieves. When a local rancher discovers their operation, the gang's leader, Bull Davidson, begins to harass the rancher's daughter, Virginia Marsden. Attempting to escape the unwanted attention from Davidson, Marsden runs off to a remote cabin, but the gang follows. Cullen creates a diversion by overturning a lantern, then flees the cabin on horseback with Marsden. The gang pursues, and when Cullen's horse is injured in a fall, Cullen and Marsden are forced to spend the night on the open plain. The following morning the gang catches up. They capture Cullen and Marsden, tying Cullen up and leaving him suspended from a tree. Eventually Cullen escapes and makes it back to the gang's camp, where he able to rescue the girl.

Cast list

as U. S. Marshal Bob Cullen *

as Virginia Marsden *Clifford Davidson as Bull Davidson *Harvey Stafford as Randolph Truthers *Dorothy Chase as Cleora * Charles Colby as Sheriff Buck Summers *H. Paul Walsh as Markes *A. W. Dearie as Sam *Charles Mears as Quosmo

Production

In early April 1924 it was announced that Los Angeles distributor R.D. Lewis had acquired the distribution rights to the film, after he moved there from Oklahoma City. It was part of a six-picture deal of

films, which included '' Rider of Mystery Ranch'' and '' South of Santa Fe''.

References

{{Reflist American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by Victor Adamson 1920s American films