Ace High (1918 film)
1918 film
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Ace High is a 1918 American silent Western film directed by Lynn Reynolds and starring Tom Mix, Lloyd Perl, and Lewis Sargent.[1]
Lloyd Perl
Lewis Sargent
| Ace High | |
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Tom Mix in Ace High | |
| Directed by | Lynn Reynolds |
| Written by | Lynn Reynolds |
| Produced by | William Fox |
| Starring | Tom Mix Lloyd Perl Lewis Sargent |
| Cinematography | Devereaux Jennings William A. Reinhart George Richter |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Fox Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Plot
Jean Rivard is a heroic Canadian Mountie who rescues his childhood sweetheart Annette Dupre from the clutches of an American sheriff.[1] Action takes place primarily at a saloon called the Ace High. The bar is a popular hangout for criminals because, at a moment's notice, it can be slid across the room from the United States into Canada, or vice versa as necessary.[2]: 188, 195
Cast
- Tom Mix as Jean Rivard
- Lloyd Perl as Jean Rivard (age 10)
- Lewis Sargent as Jean Rivard (age 15)
- Kathleen O'Connor as Aneette Dupre
- Virginia Lee Corbin as Annette Dupre (child)
- Lawrence Peyton as Jack Keefe
- Colin Chase as Baptiste Dupre
- Jay Morley as Harvey Wright
- Pat Chrisman as Louis Cartier
Themes
Set along the Alaska-Canadian border, the film explores the arbitrariness of legality on the fringes of nation-states through the cliche of the heroic Mountie saving a girl from a villainous sheriff.[2]: 188