The Flyin' Buckaroo

The Flyin' Buckaroo

A stirring story of western love and action!

1928 · 50 min · ★ 10.0 · Western

Bill Mathews mistakenly comes to believe that his sweetheart, Sally Brown, prefers the company of his brother, Henry, to that of his own and dejectedly goes to the city, where he finds work driving a truck. Six months later Bill returns home; that very day, the Delno gang robs the bank and kidnaps Sally. Bill follows the outlaws in a plane and parachutes into their mountain hideout; he captures Delno's men and rescues Sally, who quickly convinces him that she has never loved another.

Directed by Richard Thorpe · Written by Betty Burbridge

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Hal Taliaferro Bill Mathews
Jack D'Oise Henry Mathews
J.P. Lockney Mr. Mathews
Fanny Midgley Mrs. Mathews
Duane Thompson Sally Brown
Mabel Van Buren Mrs. Brown
Charles K. French Banker Brown
Slim Whitaker Delno (the bandit)
Helen Marlowe City girl
Bud McClure Sheriff

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