RIDER OF THE LAW
DIRECTED BY JOHN FORD (Jack Ford)
UNIVERSAL FILM MANUFACTURING COMPANY
INFORMATION FROM IMDb
Plot Summary
Jim Kyneton ( Harry Carey ), after leaving a notorious outlaw gang,
joins the Texas Rangers and is forced to track down his former friends
and his half brother Nick ( Vesta Pegg ),
who have been robbing a gold mine.
After he reluctantly captures them and locks them in a deserted shack,
Roseen ( Claire Anderson ), a dance hall girl, who Jim saved from Buck Soutar ( Joe Harris ),
a saloon keeper, sets them free and, because Jim has refused her advances,
sends the police a telegram saying that Jim accepted money to let them loose.
Suspected of remaining a crook, Jim finds them again and captures all but Nick,
who, rather than be disgraced, rides his horse off a cliff to his death.
After Jim tells his mother ( Jennie Lee ) that Nick died like a man,
Jim breaks the news to Nick's supposed sweetheart Betty ( Gloria Hope ),
an orphan Jim's mother has raised, and whom Jim has silently loved.
To Jim's happy surprise, Betty says she has loved him all along, but thought that he loved Roseen.
Written by Pamela Short
Cast
Harry Carey ... Jim Kyneton
Vester Pegg ... Nick Kyneton (as Vesta Pegg)
Ted Brooks ... The Kid
Joe Harris ... Buck Soutar
Jack Woods ... Jack West
Duke R. Lee ... Captain Saltire (as Duke Lee)
Gloria Hope ... Betty
Claire Anderson ... Roseen
Jennie Lee ... Jim's Mother
Directed
John Ford ... (as Jack Ford)
Writing Credits
G.B. Lancaster ... (writer)
H. Tipton Steck ... (writer)
Produced
Pat Powers ... producer (as P.A. Powers)
Cinematography
John W. Brown