Open Range (1927 film)
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Director Clifford Smith Story by Zane Grey Country United States | 7/10 IMDb Genre Western Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date November 5, 1927 (1927-11-05) Writer Roy Briant (titles), Zane Grey (novel), J. Walter Ruben, John Stone Screenplay J. Walter Ruben, John Stone, Roy Briant Cast Lane Chandler (Tex Smith), Betty Bronson (Lucy Blake), Guy Oliver (Jim Blake), Fred Kohler (Sam Hardman), Jim Corey (Red)Similar movies Related Clifford Smith movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Open Range is a lost 1927 American Western silent film directed by Clifford Smith and written by Roy Briant, Zane Grey, J. Walter Ruben and John Stone. The film stars Betty Bronson, Lane Chandler, Fred Kohler, Bernard Siegel, Guy Oliver, Jim Corey and Buck Connors. The film was released on November 11, 1927, by Paramount Pictures.
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Hired ranch-hand Tex Smith is smitten with Lucy Blake, who lives in the cattle settlement of Marco. Meanwhile, Indian chief Brave Bear despises the encroachment of white people and conspires with Sam Hardman to steal the town's cattle during a rodeo. Tex is mistakenly identified as one of the rustlers. At the rodeo, he tries to impress Lucy by riding a bronco. When she loses control of her horse team in the buggy race, he rescues her then must evade the sheriff's men. Red and Hardman plan to get Tex before the sheriff gets him, but Lucy, convinced he is innocent, hides him at her ranch. Tex discovers the gang's hideout and forces a confession from Hardman, who warns Brave Bear. When the Indians attack the town, Tex and his men start a cattle stampede, and Tex saves Lucy and her father from their burning house. Hardman dies, after falling on his own knife.
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