The Riding Rascal

The Riding Rascal

NR 1926 · 50 min · ★ 8.0 · Western

Larrabie Keller, a homesteader, is accused of being a cattle rustler, and when Keller refuses to fight Phil Sanderson, whose sister, Phyllis, has struck his fancy, he is insulted by Bill Healy, to whom he administers a severe drubbing. Phyllis, finding Keller beside a branding fire, believes him guilty; and when he is wounded by Healy, she takes Keller to Yeager, another homesteader, who cares for him and to whom he reveals that he is a Texas Ranger.

Directed by Clifford Smith · Written by William MacLeod Raine

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Art Acord Larrabie Keller
Olive Hasbrouck Phyllis Sanderson
Buck Connors Yeager (as George Connors)
S.E. Jennings
C.E. Anderson
Blackie Thompson
Dudley Hendricks
William Steele
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