''Battling Bates'' is a 1923 American

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film directed by

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and starring

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Plot

Fred Porter is U.S. Secret Service agent on the trail of a gang of outlaws. Entering a cattle community as a stranger, Porter rescues a young rancher from an ambush. It seems that a jealous woman, rejected by the ranger who has been wooing another in town, has sent her henchmen out to kill him. The culprits happen to be members of the same gang that Porter has been tracking.

Cast

as Fred Porter *

References

External links

* 1923 films 1923 Western (genre) films Films directed by Webster Cullison Arrow Film Corporation films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{1920s-Western-film-stub