Step on It! (film)

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Step on It!
Step on It! (1922) lobby card.jpg
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Directed by Jack Conway
Written by Courtney Ryley Cooper (story)
Arthur F. Statter
Starring Hoot Gibson
CinematographyCharles E. Kaufman
Distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation
Release date
  • May 29, 1922 (1922-05-29)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

Step on It! is a lost [1] 1922 American silent Western film directed by Jack Conway and featuring Hoot Gibson, released by Universal Pictures. [2]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine, [3] Vic Collins (Gibson) is continually losing cattle, but is unable to trace them beyond a stream that skirts his ranch. Lafe Brownell (Girard), an officer from Texas sent to trace cattle thieves, tells Vic that the new telegraph operator Lorraine Leighton (Bedford), whom Vic has become interested in, is at the bottom of the thefts. Vic follows her to a nearby ranch and finds the bed of the stream dry, because the water has been shutoff at a sluice way. Thus, his cattle had been driven across the dry stream and then the water turned on again. Vic is captured by the thieves and threatened with death, but Lorraine rides back to his ranch for help. It turns out that she was mingled with the gang only to obtain evidence to clear her brother's name from falsely being jailed for murder. [4]

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References

  1. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Step on It!
  2. "Progressive Silent Film List: Step on It!". silentera.com. Retrieved May 3, 2008.
  3. "Reviews: Step on It!". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 14 (23): 55. June 3, 1922.
  4. The Midwest Joseph W. Slade, ‎Judith Yaross Lee · 2004 p 215 Step on It ( 1922 ) , starring Hoot Gibson and set in Kansas City , deals with the familiar western trope of cattle rustling .