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Riders of the Purple Sage is a american film of genre Western directed by Frank Lloyd released in USA on 1 september 1918 with William Farnum

Riders of the Purple Sage (1918)

Riders of the Purple Sage
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Released in USA 1 september 1918
Length 57minutes
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Western
Rating23% 1.165141.165141.165141.165141.16514

Riders of the Purple Sage is a 1918 American silent film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring William Farnum, Mary Mersch, and William Scott. Based on the 1912 novel Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey, the film is about a former Texas Ranger who goes after a group of Mormons who have abducted his married sister. This Frank Lloyd silent film was the first of five film adaptations of the novel.

Synopsis

Former Texas Ranger Lassiter (William Farnum) leaves Texas and travels to Arizona sage country pursuing a group of Mormons who abducted his married sister. He arrives at the Withersteen ranch near the Utah border, where his sister was last seen. He meets the Withersteens and their beautiful daughter, Jane (Mary Mersch). Lassiter rescues her rider, Venters (William Scott), from torture at the hands of a villain named Tull (Murdock MacQuarrie). Soon, Lassiter falls in love with Jane, but when she learns about his mission, she is reluctant to help him, fearing more violence will come to the region. Her feelings for him change, however, when she sees the hardened gunfighter befriend her ward, a young orphan girl named Fay Larkin (Nancy Caswell).

Actors

William Farnum

(Lassiter)Buck Jones

(Bit part (uncredited))Kathryn Adams

(Masked rider / Millie)William Scott

(Venters)Marc Robbins

(Dyer)
And :
Jack Nelson
Murdock MacQuarrie
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