Riders of Vengeance (1919)

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  • RIDERS OF VENGEANCE
    DIRECTED & WRITTEN BY JOHN FORD
    STORY BY HARRY CAREY
    UNIVERSAL FILM MANUFACTURING COMPANY



    INFORMATION FROM IMDb


    Plot Summary
    Harry's bride is murdered at their wedding along with Harry's mother and father,
    and the good-hearted outlaw turns grimly malevolent.
    He leaves town, only to return one year later.
    One by one he stalks his wife's killers, dispatching them all until
    he finally sets his sights, mistakenly, on Sheriff Gale Thurman.
    The lawman bests Harry and keeps him hiding outside town in the wilderness.
    Straying into the same wilderness, the Sheriff's girlfriend is first overtaken by highwaymen,
    then rescued by Harry, only to be taken captive by Harry when he realizes who she is.
    At first threatening to harm the girl, Harry slowly falls in love with her,
    all while hostile Apaches attempt to kill them both. By the time the Sheriff tracks them down,
    a full-scale assault is under way, and the two men join forces.
    Harry realizes the Sheriff's innocence, but it is too late:
    the lawman is dead from his battle wounds, but he has saved his girlfriend - and Harry.

    Cast
    Harry Carey ... Cheyenne Harry
    Seena Owen ... The Girl
    Joe Harris ... Gale Thurman (as Joseph Harris)
    J. Farrell MacDonald ... Buell
    Alfred Allen ... Harry's Father
    Jennie Lee ... Harry's Mother
    Clita Gale ... Virginia
    Vester Pegg
    Betty Schade
    Millard K. Wilson ... (as M.K. Wilson)

    Directed
    John Ford ... (as Jack Ford)


    Writing Credits
    Harry Carey ... (story)
    John Ford ... (as Jack Ford)
    Eugene B. Lewis ... (writer)


    Produced
    Pat Powers ... producer (as P.A. Powers)


    Cinematography
    John W. Brown

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

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  • Riders of Vengeance is a 1919 American Western film directed by
    John Ford and featuring Harry Carey.


    The film is considered to be lost.


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    Production
    Riders of Vengeance was released as a Universal Special feature in June 1919,
    a 60-minute silent film on six reels.
    It was part of the long-running "Cheyenne Harry" series of film featurettes.
    The story was an uncommon collaboration between the star
    Harry Carey and the director John Ford (with help from scenarist Eugene Lewis).
    Though it has an unusually high level of violence
    ("lots of killings", as Moving Picture World noted),
    critical reviews of the time lavishly praised both the story and film.



    User Review

    Riders of Vengeance (1919) -- Lost Silent Western
    31 July 2015 | by Pamela Short (Canada)

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

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