A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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Trail of the Horse Thieves
Also known as Double Lives in the United Kingdom
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4823 feet
Directed by Robert De Lacy

Cast: Tom Tyler [Vic Stanley], Bee Amann (Betty Amann) [Amy Taggart], Frankie Darro [Buddy], Harry O’Connor [Clint Taggart], Barney Furey [‘The Eagle’], Bill Nestel (Bill Nestell) [Babcock], Leo Willett [Curtis], Vic Allen (Victor Allen) [the sheriff], Ray Childs [a rustler]

[?] Film Booking Offices of America, Incorporated, or F.B.O. Productions, Incorporated? production; distributed by Film Booking Offices of America, Incorporated [?] through RKO Distributing Corporation? [An FBO Picture]. / Scenario by Frank Howard Clark, from an adaptation by Frank Howard Clark of the story “Desert Madness” by William E. Wing. Assistant director, John Burch. Cinematography by Nick Musuraca (Nicholas Musuraca). Film editor, Jack Kitchen (Jack Kitchin). Intertitles written by Helen Gregg. / © 7 January 1929 by F.B.O. Productions, Incorporated [LP25974]. Released 13 January 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 26 April 2025.

References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.