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This obscure, locally-lensed silent Western starred became a minor cause célèbre for a scene in which the villain punched the heroine several times in the face! Carroll Nye and Rex, the Dog save the girl (Rada Rae) from her brutal father (Sam Allen). Young Nye's only memorable role came more than a decade later when he played Scarlett O'Hara's second husband in Gone With the Wind (1939). Death Valley was written and produced by supporting actor Raymond Wells.