Red Blood and Blue

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Red Blood and Blue
Directed byJames C. Hutchinson
Written byGuinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Starring Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Peggy O'Day
Frank Baker
CinematographyJames C. Hutchinson
Production
company
Distributed by Aywon Film Corporation
Release date
  • February 25, 1925 (1925-02-25)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

Red Blood and Blue is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by James C. Hutchinson and starring Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Peggy O'Day, and Frank Baker. [1]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, [2] Tom Butler becomes an outcast when he displeases his father. He goes West and, while convalescing from a broken ankle, he is told to guard certificates for valuable stock. The rival gang, however, gets possession of the certificates. Tom is suspected. He rides away when the Sheriff’s posse arrives and captures the crooks in their cabin and recovers the certificates.

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References

  1. Langman, p. 357
  2. "New Pictures: Red Blood and Blue", Exhibitors Herald, 20 (11): 59, March 7, 1925, retrieved December 9, 2021

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