Breed of the Border | |
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Directed by | Harry Garson |
Written by | Dorothy Arzner Paul Gangelin |
Based on | "The Breed of the Border" by William Dawson Hoffman |
Produced by | Harry Garson |
Starring | Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn Dorothy Dwan Louise Carver |
Cinematography | J. Henry Kruse William H. Tuers |
Production company | Harry Garson Productions |
Distributed by | Film Booking Offices of America |
Release date |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Breed of the Border is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Harry Garson and starring Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn, Dorothy Dwan, and Louise Carver. [1] [2]
As described in a film magazine review, [3] Circus Lacy arrives in a border town following the robbery of a mine, finding the father of Ethel Slocum is under suspicion. He protects Slocum from Sheriff Wells and then routes a bully who menaces Ethel. Later he locates the stronghold of the bandits who are led by Red Lucas and captures the leader.
With no prints of Breed of the Border located in any film archives, [4] it is a lost film.
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