The Dixie Flyer

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The Dixie Flyer is a 1926 American silent action film directed by Charles J. Hunt and starring Cullen Landis, Eva Novak and Ferdinand Munier.[2]

Directed byCharles J. Hunt
Written byH. H. Van Loan
Produced byTrem Carr
StarringCullen Landis
Eva Novak
Ferdinand Munier
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The Dixie Flyer
Directed byCharles J. Hunt
Written byH. H. Van Loan
Produced byTrem Carr
StarringCullen Landis
Eva Novak
Ferdinand Munier
CinematographyWilliam H. Tuers
Joseph Walker
Production
company
Trem Carr Pictures
Distributed byRayart Pictures
Release date
  • July 29, 1926 (1926-07-29)
Running time
60 minutes (5,608ft)[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles
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Cast

  • Cullen Landis as 'Sunrise' Smith
  • Eva Novak as Rose Rapley / Rose Jones
  • Ferdinand Munier as President John J. Rapley
  • John Elliott as Vice-president Arthur Bedford
  • Art Rowlands as Tom Bedford
  • Pat Harmon as Chief Clerk J. K. Burke
  • Frank Davis as Mike Clancy
  • Mary Gordon as Mrs. Clancy

Reception

The Film Daily reviewed the film, calling it a "melodrama" with "all the old reliable hokum," criticizing it for a lack of originality. However, the reviewer felt that the film would find an audience with people who wanted "action and thrills."[1]

In Movie Age, S.M. White wrote the film was "As full of thrills as a serial. Will stand them up in their seats."[3]

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