A cowboy named after Sir Walter Raleigh fights oil barons with chivalry and fists. Silent cinema, LOUD energy.
Ned Raleigh, a cowboy on the Stone Ranch, is laughed at by his pal Rawhide Barton for emulating his chivalrous namesake, Sir Walter Raleigh. Manning, an eastern capitalist, agrees to make Stone a loan to pay off his mortgage if he surrenders 200 head of cattle as security; Manning, after he discovers oil on the property, conspires with Blake, Stone's foreman, to hide the stock, and thus secure the land for himself.
Stunts
Jack Hoxie doing his own horse falls and brawls.
Production
Authentic 1920s ranch locations, no backlot fakery.
Director
Albert S. Rogell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jack Hoxie was a real rodeo performer before Hollywood, which explains why his stunts look genuinely dangerous.
This film captures the 1920s anxiety about eastern capitalists destroying western ranching life—basically 'Yellowstone' a century early.
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