Returning to his father's cattle ranch after the excitement of serving in combat overseas, Bud McGraw becomes restless, and his father decides to send him to an old friend who commands the Border Police in Texas. On the way he meets Peggy Hughes, accompanying her Uncle Graham, a customs inspector, and he retrieves her hat from the rails of a train. At the headquarters, numerous scrapes and fights win him the admiration of, and friendship with, the men. Lazaro, a Secret Service agent, invites Mrs. Graham and Peggy, who are staying at the border station, for an automobile ride, and they are captured by bandits and held for ransom. Bud and his pals deliver the ransom and discover that Lazaro is the bandit chief. Lazaro refuses to release Peggy, but a jealous rival, Nita de Garma, causes his downfall and shoots him as the Border Police arrive to rescue the party.
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Cast
14 people
William Desmond
Bud McGraw
Also in
The Rawhide Terror
The Prince and Betty
Virginia Brown Faire
Peggy Hughes
Known for
The Lost World
H.H. Van Loan
Joseph Franz
Doris Pawn
Eileen Graham
Known for
The Penalty
Rosemary Theby
Nita de Garma
Also in
The Fatal Glass of Beer
Unseen Forces
Joseph J. Dowling
James McGraw
Also in
Little Lord Fauntleroy
The Bargain
W.E. Lawrence
Francisco Lazaro
Also in
Flirting with Fate
A Little Princess
Emmett King
Howard Graham (as Emmett C. King)
Also in
White Tiger
Barbara Frietchie
Jack Richardson
Amos Rawson
Known for
A Summer Place
William Dyer
Obadiah Brennan (as William J. Dyer)
Also in
'49 – '17
Sagebrush Trail
Bert Lindley
Micah Higgins
Also in
$50,000 Reward
The Tonto Kid
Joseph Franz Director · H.H. Van Loan Screenplay
United States release November 20, 1921 · Produced in United States
Production
William Desmond Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · November 20, 1921
Theatrical
Denmark
November 17, 1922
Finland
July 20, 1924
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