The Arizona Sweepstakes | |
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Directed by | Clifford Smith |
Written by | Isadore Bernstein |
Based on | a story by Charles Logue |
Produced by | Carl Laemmle |
Starring | Hoot Gibson |
Cinematography | Harry Neuman |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 reels |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Arizona Sweepstakes is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and starring Hoot Gibson. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. [1] [2]
As described in a film magazine review, [3] the film follows a cowboy who goes to a city, becomes embroiled in several gang fights, and narrowly escapes prison after being falsely accused of manslaughter. He escapes and hurries home to enter a horse race on the outcome of which, he learns, depends the financial future of the man whose daughter he loves. A detective arrives to arrest him, but he evades capture and rides to victory in the race.
With no prints of The Arizona Sweepstakes located in any film archives, [3] it is a lost film.
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