''A Western Demon'' is a 1922 American silent

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film directed by Robert McKenzie. The film stars

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, and

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. The film was restored by

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and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Film Archive.

Plot

Ned Underwood rescues a drowning child and in doing so, catches the eye of Rose Dale. Rose finds that Ned is a passenger on the same train headed west. In speaking with Ned, Rose tells him of rustling happening on her ranch, after which Ned offers to go undercover as a dishwasher at the ranch to find out about the rustlers. Joe Dalton, the ranch foreman, is trying to gain the ranch for himself by scaring Rose away.

Cast

as Ned Underwood *

as Rose Dale *

as Joe Dalton * Murray Miller as The bandit *

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as The cook

References

American black-and-white films 1922 Western (genre) films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s American films {{US-silent-Western-film-stub