The Tango Cavalier

The Tango Cavalier
Directed by	Charles R. Seeling
Starring	George Larkin Frank Whitson Ollie Kirkby
Production company	Charles R. Seeling Productions
Distributed by	Aywon Film Corporation
Release date	September 1923 (1923-09)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

The Tango Cavalier is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by Charles R. Seeling and starring George Larkin, Frank Whitson and Ollie Kirkby. ^[1]

Plot

U.S. Secret Service agent Don Lawson goes on an undercover assignment as Don Armingo in a Mexican smuggling ring. Before he can make arrests, his love interest Doris is kidnapped, and Don is captured. Carmelita, a tango dancer enamored of Don, releases and tries to seduce him, but he rebuffs her. Don rescues Doris by picking her out of an automobile in an airplane as it crashes off an embankment. ^[2]

Cast

• George Larkin as Don Armingo
• Frank Whitson as Colonel Pomeroy
• Dorris Dare as Doris
• Ollie Kirkby as Carmelita
• William Quinn as Brute Morgan
• Mike Tellegen as Strongarm

References

1. Connelly, p. 418
2. "The Tango Cavalier". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved December 8, 2021.

Bibliography

• Robert B. Connelly. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.

External links

• The Tango Cavalier at IMDb