Let 'Er Go Gallegher
1928 silent film by Elmer Clifton
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Let 'Er Go Gallegher is a 1928 silent crime comedy film directed by Elmer Clifton and starring Frank Coghlan Jr., Harrison Ford and Elinor Fair.[1][2] The film is based on the Gallegher character from American author Richard Harding Davis' 1891 publication Gallegher and Other Stories.[3] The film's sets were designed by the art director Stephen Goosson.
Directed byElmer Clifton
Written byElliott J. Clawson
John W. Krafft
John W. Krafft
Produced byRalph Block
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille
| Let 'Er Go Gallegher | |
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Film poster | |
| Directed by | Elmer Clifton |
| Written by | Elliott J. Clawson John W. Krafft |
| Produced by | Ralph Block Cecil B. DeMille |
| Starring | Frank Coghlan Jr. Harrison Ford Elinor Fair |
| Cinematography | Lucien N. Andriot |
| Edited by | Harold McLernon |
Production company | DeMille Pictures Corporation |
| Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
In the story, Gallegher is a copy boy at a newspaper who becomes an investigator. The character was also adapted into a film in 1917.
Plot
Cast
- Frank Coghlan Jr. as John 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher
- Harrison Ford as Henry Clay Callahan
- Elinor Fair as Clarissa Mahaffey
- Wade Boteler as McGinty
- E.H. Calvert as City Editor
- Ivan Lebedeff as Stephen B. Hade AKA Four Fingers Dan
- Morgan Brown as Prohibition Officer
