Born to the West

Born to the West

A Good Old-Fashioned Knock-Down, Drag-Out, Blood-Tingling, He-Man Action Drama of the Great Open Spaces.

1926 · 66 min · ★ 4.8 · Western

Dare Rudd and Bate Fillmore have been enemies since early childhood, primarily over the affections of Nell Worstall. Dare, assuming the name of Holt, goes west to Colorado, as does most of his Kentucky friends and enemies. The feud between Dare and Bate is renewed, and Dare learns that Nell's father is in jail on a trumped-up charge made by Bate in order to force Nell to marry him.

Directed by John Waters · Written by Zane Grey

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