Rounding Up the Law

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Rounding Up the Law
Directed byCharles R. Seeling
Written byW.H. Allen
Jack Natteford
Produced byCharles R. Seeling
CinematographyCharles R. Seeling
Edited byGeorge Martin
Production
company
Charles R. Seeling Productions
Distributed byAywon Film
Grapevine Video
Release date
  • 15 April 1922 (1922-04-15)(location)

Rounding Up the Law is a 1922 American silent Western film directed by Charles R. Seeling and starring Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Russell Gordon and Chet Ryan. [1]

Contents

The film is preserved by the Library of Congress. [2] [3]

Synopsis

Larry Connell arrives in a border town run by Sheriff Bull Weyman and Branch Doughty. Connell wins the sheriff's ranch at draw poker, but Weyman uses his influence with Judge Hyland to have Larry declared bankrupt. Larry attempts to fight foul with fair, but the sale of his cattle pushes him over the edge. Larry holds up Doughty and subsequently gets arrested, but escapes, intending to blow up the sheriff's office. [4]

Cast

DVD release

Rounding Up The Law was released on Region 0 DVD-R by Alpha Video on July 7, 2015. [5]

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References

  1. Rounding Up the Law at silentera.com
  2. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collections and The United Artist Collections at The Library of Congress, p.156 c.1978 by The American Film Institute
  3. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Rounding Up the Law
  4. "Rounding Up the Law (1922 film)". AFI.
  5. "Alpha Video - The Eagle's Claw (1924) (Silent) / Rounding Up The Law (1922) (Silent)" . Retrieved June 26, 2015.