The Crimson Challenge (1922)
Snatched from death by the fighting heroine of Lost Valley!
In the cattle town of Lost Valley, Buck Courtrey, saloon owner and political boss, covets Tharon, daughter of Jim Last, a small rancher; and when rebuffed, he has Last killed. Tharon swears revenge with her father's own guns and organizes a vigilante band to check Courtrey's activities. Learning that she loves Billy, a cowpuncher, Courtrey kidnaps and threatens to kill him unless Tharon agrees to marry Courtrey following his divorce from Ellen. Courtrey's wife informs Tharon of Billy's whereabouts, and she rescues him in time to join the townspeople attacking Courtrey's gang. Courtrey is pursued by Tharon, who kills him and returns to become Billy's wife.
- Date of release
- 1922-04-02
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Western
- Director
- Paul Powell
Casting
- Dorothy Dalton — Tharon Last
- Jack Mower — Billy
- Will Walling — Jim Last
- Howard Ralston — Clive
- Clarence Burton — Black Bart
- George Field — Wylackie
- Beulah Dark Cloud — Anita
- Fred Huntley — Confora
- Irene Hunt — Ellen
- Frank Campeau — Basil Courtrey (uncredited)
Interesting facts
The Crimson Challenge is a lost 1922 American silent Western film directed by Paul Powell and written by Vingie E. Roe and Beulah Marie Dix. The film stars Dorothy Dalton, Jack Mower, Will Walling, Howard Ralston, Clarence Burton, George Field, and Beulah Dark Cloud. The film was released on April 2, 1922, by Paramount Pictures.
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