The Desert Rider (1929)

Genres - Western  |   Sub-Genres - B-Western  |   Release Date - May 11, 1929 (USA - Unknown)  |   Run Time - 45 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hans J. Wollstein

Colonel Tim McCoy, M-G-M's only series Western star, played a Pony Express rider in this well-produced but otherwise average silent Western. In the course of his duties, McCoy gets acquainted with a beautiful Spanish landowner (Raquel Torres), whose property is besieged by a gang of land grabbers headed by the always nefarious Harry Woods. The studio released McCoy from his contract at the advent of sound and despite the solid box-office results of the McCoy series never again involved itself with the B-Western genre.

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bad-guy, cowboy, good-guy, homestead, land, Mexico, outlaw [Western], Pony-Express, tracking [following]