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Action is a american film of genre Western directed by John Ford released in USA on 12 september 1921 with Hoot Gibson
Action (1921)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 12 september 1921
Length 50minutes
Directed by John Ford
OriginUSA
Genres Western
Rating52%
Action is a 1921 American Western film directed by John Ford and featuring Hoot Gibson. It was based on Peter B. Kyne's popular novel The Three Godfathers. The film is considered to be lost. According to contemporaneous newspaper reports, Action was based on J. Allan Dunn's novel, The Mascotte of the Three Star; Mascotte appeared as the lead novel in the pulp magazine Short Stories, February 1921.
^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Action". Silent Era. Retrieved 2008-02-26.
^ See, for example, the San Francisco Chronicle, September 4, 1921. This reference also contradicts the presumed release date of September 12, since it advertises the film as opening on September 4.
Synopsis
Molly, une orpheline, est l'héritière d'un ranch et d'une mine. Elle tombe sous l'influence du propriétaire du saloon, Plimsoll, qui cherche à la priver de son héritage. Sandy Brouke et ses amis, Soda Water Manning et Mormon Peters, prennent la défense des intérêts de la jeune fille. Sandy en tombe amoureux. Ils arrivent à récupérer la mine et y travaillent, pendant qu'ils envoient Molly faire des études. Plimsoll élabore un coup-monté contre Sandy et ses hommes et, lorsqu'elle revient en ville, Molly les retrouve en prison. Grâce aux efforts de Molly, Sandy est relâché, et finalement les escrocs sont défaits.Actors
Hoot Gibson
(Sandy Brouke)
Francis Ford
(Soda Water Manning)
J. Farrell MacDonald
(Mormon Peters)
Buck Connors
(Pat Casey)
Clara Horton
(Molly Casey)
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