Bucking Broadway

Bucking Broadway

A ranch foreman battles a rich stockbroker for the affections of a beautiful young woman.

NR 1917 · 54 min · ★ 5.6 · Western, Romance

On a ranch in Wyoming, one of the cowboys, Cheyenne Harry (Harry Carey), falls in love with his boss's daughter. But she decides to elope to the city with Captain Thornton, a wealthy visitor to the ranch. She quickly discovers that life in the city is not what she expected. Cheyenne, devastated by the loss of his fiancée, decides to go to the city to find her, and in the end rescues her from the grips of Captain Thornton and from the extravagant and decadent way of life in the city.

Directed by John Ford · Written by George Hively

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Cast

Harry Carey Cheyenne Harry
Molly Malone Helen Clayton
L.M. Wells Ben Clayton
Vester Pegg Eugene Thornton
William Steele Buck Hoover
Gertrude Astor Gladys (uncredited)
Martha Mattox Shocked Customer in Store (uncredited)

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