''Captain of the Gray Horse Troop'' is a 1917 American silent

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film directed by

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and starring

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, Edith Storey and

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Plot

The character Capt. George Curtis is sent to an Indian reservation in order to stabilize conditions after a Native-America kills a Caucasian rancher and a lynch mob ensues.

Cast

as Capt. George Curtis * Edith Storey as Elsie * Mrs. Bradbury as Jennie *

as Crawling Elk * Al J. Jennings as Cut Finger * Neola May as Cut Finger's Wife * Bob Burns as Cal Streeter * Henry A. Barrows as Ex-Sen. Brisbane

References

Bibliography

* John T. Weaver. ''Twenty Years of Silents, 1908-1928''. Scarecrow Press, 1971.

External links

* 1917 films 1917 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by William Wolbert Silent American Western (genre) films Vitagraph Studios films 1920s English-language films 1910s English-language films 1910s American films English-language Western (genre) films {{1910s-US-Western-film-stub