Ride for Your Life

Ride for Your Life is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Edward Sedgwick and featuring Hoot Gibson.^[1]

Ride for Your Life
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Directed by	Edward Sedgwick
Written by	Johnston McCulley Richard Schayer Raymond L. Schrock
Produced by	Carl Laemmle Hoot Gibson
Starring	Hoot Gibson
Cinematography	Virgil Miller
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	February 25, 1924 (1924-02-25)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[2] Bud Watkins is in love with Betsy Burke. However, she shows a preference for The Cocopah Kid, a reckless bandit. Gambler "Gentleman Jim" Slade cheats Bud out of his ranch. The Cocopah Kid dies suddenly. Bud, disguised as the bandit, has a variety of wild adventures. He defeats Slade's plot to obtain possession of the newly discovered gold diggings, rescues Betsy from Slade's clutches, and eventually wins Betsy's affection.

Cast

• Hoot Gibson as Bud Watkins
• Laura La Plante as Betsy Burke
• Harry Todd as "Plug" Hanks
• Robert McKim as "Gentleman Jim" Slade
• Howard Truesdale as Dan Burke (credited as Howard Truesdell)
• Fred Humes as The Cocopah Kid
• Clark Comstock as Tim Murphy
• Anna Dodge as Mrs. Donnegan (credited as Mrs. George Hernandez)
• William Robert Daly as Dan Donnegan

Preservation

With no prints of Ride for Your Life located in any film archives,^[3] it is a lost film.

See also

• Hoot Gibson filmography