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The Desperate Game (1926)
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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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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Genre:Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Written By:Frank S. Beresford
In Theaters:2/14/1926
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Runtime:51 minutes
Studio:Universal Pictures
Cast
Joseph Franz, Milburn Morante
Director
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
Lew Meehan
Bat Grayson
Milburn Morante
Shinney
Merrill McCormick
Luke Grayson
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