Action (1921 film)
1921 film
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Action is a lost[1] 1921 American silent Western film directed by John Ford and featuring Hoot Gibson.[2] According to contemporaneous newspaper reports, Action was based on J. Allan Dunn's novel, The Mascotte of the Three Star; Mascotte appeared as the lead novel in the pulp magazine Short Stories, February 1921.[3]
| Action | |
|---|---|
Promotion for film in the Casper Daily Tribune (Wyoming), 1921 | |
| Directed by | John Ford |
| Screenplay by | Harvey Gates Peter B. Kyne |
| Based on | |
| Starring | Hoot Gibson |
| Cinematography | John W. Brown |
| Distributed by | Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Release date |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Plot
Cast
- Hoot Gibson as Sandy Brouke
- Francis Ford as Soda Water Manning
- J. Farrell MacDonald as Mormon Peters
- Buck Connors as Pat Casey
- Clara Horton as Molly Casey
- William Robert Daly as J. Plimsoll
- Dorothea Wolbert as Mirandy Meekin
- Byron Munson as Henry Meekin
- Charles Newton as Sheriff Dipple
- Jim Corey as Sam Waters
Preservation
With no holdings located in archives, Action is considered a lost film.[1]
