The Fighting Ranger (serial)

The Fighting Ranger
The Fighting Ranger
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Directed by	Jay Marchant
Written by	Fred McConnell; George W. Pyper
Starring	Jack Dougherty; Eileen Sedgwick
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	May 11, 1925;
Running time	18 episodes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent; English intertitles

The Fighting Ranger is a 1925 American silent Western film serial directed by Jay Marchant and starring Jack Dougherty. The film is now considered to be lost.^[1]

Plot

As described in a review in a film magazine,^[2] fifteen years earlier, John Marshall (Welsh), a prosperous cattle raiser, shot a man. He knew the act was justifiable, but because of the political influence of his victim he felt his only recourse was to flee. Taking his little daughter, he hid himself in a fastness of the mountains that constitute a part of his vast ranch. The only man he trusts in the outside world is Topaz Taggart (Osborne), a political boss and all-round tricky citizen, who is really trying to get Marshall's ranch as he knows that buried on it is a fabulous treasure that is guarded by an aged Yaqui, the last of his tribe. Bud Hughes (Wilson), one time an aviator but now a tramp, has attached himself to Marshall's hiding place which also includes Miguel Cordero (Avery), a faithful Mexican workman. One day Terrence O'Rourke (Dougherty), a forest ranger with a double mission, drops into the hiding place because, due to a wound, he lost control of his airplane. Marshall's daughter Mary (Sedgwick), now grown into womanhood, nurses the young man back to health. From here, in later chapters Terrence becomes her and her father's protector in a series of disheartening experiences at the hands of Taggart and his tools.

Cast

Jack Dougherty as Terrence O'Rourke (credited as Jack Daugherty)
Eileen Sedgwick as Mary Marshall
Al Wilson as Bud Hughes
Bud Osborne as Topaz Taggart
William Welsh as John Marshall
Charles Avery as Miguel Cordero
Frank Lanning as Komi
Sam Polo as Ramon
Slim Cole as Buck
Gladys Roy as Stella Montrose

Chapter titles

The Intruder
The Frame-Up
The Secret Trail
Falsely Accused
The Betrayal
The Lost Fortune
Cattle Wolves
Under Fire
Man to Man
The Fatal Message
Hidden Fangs
False Friends
Stolen Secrets
Steeds of the Sky
Yaqui Gold
Left for Dead
Yaqui Gold
[Unknown title]

References

^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Fighting Ranger". silentera.com. Retrieved August 22, 2008.
^ "The Fighting Ranger; Thumb Nail Theme". The Moving Picture World. 72 (5). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co.: 454 January 31, 1925. Retrieved August 8, 2021.

External links

The Fighting Ranger at IMDb

[silentera-1] "Progressive Silent Film List: The Fighting Ranger". silentera.com. Retrieved August 22, 2008.

[MPW-2] "The Fighting Ranger; Thumb Nail Theme". The Moving Picture World. 72 (5). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co.: 454 January 31, 1925. Retrieved August 8, 2021.

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