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The Desperate Game

Feb 14, 1926 · 51m
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Action
Adventure
Drama
Romance
Western

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Jim Wesley returns from college with a silk shirt and eastern ways, earning the contempt of the cowpunchers on his father's ranch. With a little hard riding and fancy roping, however, Jim proves himself to be a regular guy. Jim's father is involved in a dispute over water rights with Adam Grayson, a neighboring rancher, and the two men decide to settle the disagreement by a marriage between Jim and Grayson's daughter, Marguerite. The young people refuse, but when Marguerite is attacked by a rejected suitor, Jim comes quickly to her rescue.

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CAST

Pete Morrison
Jim Wesley
Lightning the Horse
Jim's Horse
Dolores Gardner
Marguerite Grayson
Jim Welch
Mr. Wesley - Jim's Father
Jere Austin
Mel Larrimer
J.P. Lockney
Adam Grayson
Al Richmond
Montana McGraw
Virginia Warwick
Belle Deane
Directed by Joseph Franz

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
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Production
Universal Pictures
Country
US
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