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The Mysterious Rider
(1921) United States of America
B&W : Six reels
Directed by Benjamin B. Hampton

Cast: Robert McKim [Hell Ben Wade], Claire Adams [Columbine], Carl Gantvoort [Wilson Moore], James Mason [Jack Bellounds], Walt Whitman [Bellounds], Fred Starr [Ed Smith], Maude Wayne [Madge Smith], Frank Hayes [‘Smokey Joe’ Lem Billings], Aggie Herring [Maria, the cook]

Zane Grey Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by W.W. Hodkinson Corporation [A Benjamin B. Hampton Production]. / From the novel The Mysterious Rider by Zane Grey. Cinematography by Gus Peterson and F.H. Sturges. / Released 23 October 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The novel was subsequently filmed as The Mysterious Rider (1927).

Drama: Western.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 2 October 2024.

References: Sherwood-Best p. 200; Weaver-Twenty p. 27 : ClasIm-240 p. 46 : Website-IMDb.