The Lawless Legion

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The Lawless Legion
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Directed by Harry Joe Brown
Screenplay by Bennett Cohen
Fred Allen
Leslie Mason
Story byBennett Cohen
Produced by Charles R. Rogers
Starring Ken Maynard
Nora Lane
Paul Hurst
J. P. McGowan
Frank Rice
Howard Truesdale
CinematographyFrank B. Good
Edited byFred Allen
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date
  • February 17, 1929 (1929-02-17)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages Sound (Synchronized)
English Intertitles

The Lawless Legion is a 1929 American sound Western film directed by Harry Joe Brown and written by Bennett Cohen, Fred Allen and Leslie Mason. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc sound process. The film stars Ken Maynard, Nora Lane, Paul Hurst, J. P. McGowan, Frank Rice and Howard Truesdale. The film was released by Warner Bros. on February 17, 1929. [1] [2] [3]

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