The Night Riders (1920 film)

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The Night Riders
Directed by Alexander Butler
Written by Irene Miller
Produced by G. B. Samuelson
Starring Maudie Dunham
Albert Ray
Alexander Butler
Russell Gordon
Production
company
Distributed by General Film Distributors
Release date
July 1920
Running time
5,000 feet [1]
CountryGreat Britain
Languages Silent
English intertitles

The Night Riders is a 1920 British silent Western film directed by Alexander Butler and starring Maudie Dunham, Albert Ray and Alexander Butler. It was one of several films made by the British producer G. B. Samuelson at Universal City in California. [2]

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Plot

A Cornish emigrant to Canada battles against cattle rustlers in Alberta.

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References

  1. Low, p. 418.
  2. Low, p. 139.

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