| Ride for Your Life | |
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 Lobby card | |
| Directed by | Edward Sedgwick |
| Written by | Johnston McCulley Richard Schayer Raymond L. Schrock |
| Produced by | Carl Laemmle Hoot Gibson |
| Starring | Hoot Gibson |
| Cinematography | Virgil Miller |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Ride for Your Life is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Edward Sedgwick and featuring Hoot Gibson. [1]
As described in a film magazine review, [2] Bud Watkins is in love with Betsy Burke. However, she shows a preference for The Cocopah Kid, a reckless bandit. Gambler "Gentleman Jim" Slade cheats Bud out of his ranch. The Cocopah Kid dies suddenly. Bud, disguised as the bandit, has a variety of wild adventures. He defeats Slade's plot to obtain possession of the newly discovered gold diggings, rescues Betsy from Slade's clutches, and eventually wins Betsy's affection.
With no prints of Ride for Your Life located in any film archives, [3] it is a lost film.
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