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directed by

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and written by

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. The film stars

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, William Steele,

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, Frank Rice, and Paul Grimes. The film was released on December 6, 1925, by

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, Jack Wilbur, hunting a man supposed to be lost, learns of a money lender Bart Wilson’s plot to steal Mary Mortimer’s ranch. The money lender hires a gang of

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s to steal the young woman’s cattle. The young man ruins this rustling plot. A man who has been identified as the missing person is being married to the young woman when Jack rides up and proves that he himself is the missing man. There is then a new bridegroom for the wedding ceremony.

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