A Western Demon

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A Western Demon
Directed by Robert McKenzie
Produced byF.M. Sanford
Starring William Fairbanks
Marilyn Mills
Monte Montague
Cinematography Edgar Lyons
Production
company
Western Feature Productions
Release date
  • 1922 (1922)(US) [1]
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

A Western Demon is a 1922 American silent Western film directed by Robert McKenzie. The film stars William Fairbanks, Marilyn Mills, and Monte Montague. The film was restored by The Film Foundation and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Film Archive. [1]

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Plot

Ned Underwood rescues a drowning child and in doing so, catches the eye of Rose Dale. Rose finds that Ned is a passenger on the same train headed west. In speaking with Ned, Rose tells him of rustling happening on her ranch, after which Ned offers to go undercover as a dishwasher at the ranch to find out about the rustlers. Joe Dalton, the ranch foreman, is trying to gain the ranch for himself by scaring Rose away.

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References

  1. 1 2 "A Western Demon". American Film Institute. Retrieved September 26, 2020.