The Silent Rider


1927

Film Details

Genre
Western
Release Date
Jan 2, 1927
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Universal Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "The Red-Headed Husband" by Katharine Newlin Burt in Cosmopolitan Magazine (Jan 1926).

Synopsis

Cowboy Jerry Alton is content with life on the Bar Z Ranch until Mrs. Randall hires pretty Marian Faer to assist in cooking. Marian explains that she is looking for a redheaded husband. All the men are smitten with her, and several, including Jerry, try to dye their hair red. In partnership with Sourdough Jackson, Jerry purchases a small ranch plot and builds a cabin, in hopes of presenting it to Marian. Then Wender, a man with flaming red hair, applies for work at the ranch, and to Jerry's chagrin, he seems to wield an influence over the girl. Meanwhile, Jerry and Sourdough find a child near their cabin and adopt him. "Red," with his gang, robs a mine and steals the payroll, then claims the boy as his son and later throws suspicion on Jerry. In a fight with Jerry, Red falls to his death, leaving Marian, his former wife, free to marry Jerry.

Film Details

Genre
Western
Release Date
Jan 2, 1927
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Universal Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "The Red-Headed Husband" by Katharine Newlin Burt in Cosmopolitan Magazine (Jan 1926).

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