A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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	Richard Hatton (right). Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.

Cast: Dick Hatton (Richard Hatton) [Johnny Evans], Tex Hewston [‘Roaring’ Bill Atwood], Al Ferguson [Steve Lane], Alma Rayford, Robert Walker, Cliff Lyons, [?] ? [Zachary]

Ben Wilson Productions production; distributed by Rayart Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Ben Wilson. From a screen story by Bennett Cohen (Bennett Cohn). Photographed (cinematography) by Joseph Walker. Film editor, Earl C. Turner. Presented by W. Ray Johnston. / Released October 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / A 16mm reduction print of the film was sold on eBay in 2009.

Comedy-Drama: Western.

Synopsis: [Motion Picture New Booking Guide, April 1927, 12:52] Bully seeks downfall of sheriff and has him captured and held. Forces half-wit to assume role and then bullies him in front of girl. Arrival of real sheriff’s wife upsets plans and then half-wit outwits bully, becoming his natural self, a noted man hunter. Girl changes her mind about him.

Survival status: Print exists in a private film collection [16mm reduction positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 7 December 2023.

References: Film credits : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.