''The Law's Lash'' is a 1928 American silent

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directed by Noel M. Smith and starring Robert Ellis, Mary Mayberry and

LeRoy Mason LeRoy Franklin Mason (July 2, 1903 – October 13, 1947) was an American film actor who worked primarily in Westerns in both the silent and sound film eras. Mason was born in Larimore, North Dakota, on July 2, 1903. Career 1920s Mason's fi ...

.Munden p.22 It was designed as a vehicle for Klondike the Dog, an imitator of

Rin Tin Tin Rin Tin Tin or Rin-Tin-Tin (October 10, 1918 – August 10, 1932) was a male German Shepherd born in Flirey, France, who became an international star in motion pictures. He was rescued from a World War I battlefield by an American soldier, ...

Cast

* Klondike the Dog as Scout * Robert Ellis as Corporal Ted Campbell * Mary Mayberry as Margery Neame *

Jack Marsh Jack Marsh ( – 25 May 1916) was an Australian first-class cricketer of Australian Aboriginal descent who represented New South Wales in six matches from 1900–01 to 1902–03. A right-arm fast bowler of extreme pace, Marsh had high athletic ...

as Constable Mick Maloney *

Richard Neill Richard Renchaw Neill Jr. (November 12, 1875 – April 8, 1970) was an American actor and screenwriter who worked in both the silent and sound eras. He performed in more than 200 films from 1910 to 1959, and during the early part of his lon ...

as Jean LaRue *

as Pete Rogan - Henchman * William Walters as Chippewa Jim - Henchman

References

Citations

Sources

* Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

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* 1928 films 1920s action films American silent feature films American action films Films directed by Noel M. Smith American black-and-white films Pathé Exchange films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films English-language action films {{Silent-film-stub