The Flaming Crisis

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The Flaming Crisis
1924 The Flaming Crisis poster.jpg
American Theatrical Release Poster 1924
Directed by William H. Grimes
Leo C. Popkin
Written by William H. Grimes
Produced byLawrence Goldman
Starring Calvin Nicholson
Dorothy Dunbar
Henry Dixon
Edited byWilliam H. Grimes
Distributed by Monarch Films
Release date
  • August 21, 1924 (1924-08-21)
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

The Flaming Crisis is a 1924 American short silent Western film written and directed by William H. Grimes.

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Plot

A young black newspaperman is convicted of murder on circumstantial evidence and sentenced to prison. He escapes and makes his way to the southwestern cattle country, where he falls in love with Tex Miller, a beautiful cowgirl. Having rid the territory of an outlaw band, he gives himself up to the law, thinking that he will be sent back to prison. After discovering that the real murderer has confessed, he returns to Tex and the country he has come to love.

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References

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