Tom Mix races Chinese crooks across the Pacific in 50 minutes of silent-era chaos.
Mix is Grant Malvern, a rancher who befriends scientist Quentin Durant (Tom S. Guise) after rescuing him from a trio of Chinese crooks. The crooks want to find Durant's Arizona gold mine, and the map to the location is contained in a pair of rings. After the crooks track down Durant and kill him, one of the rings winds up with Durant's daughter, Helen (Adams), and the other falls into Malvern's hands.
Stunts
Tom Mix did his own horse stunts, no doubles.
Production
Real 1923 Arizona locations, not backlot.
Director
Joseph Franz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tom Mix made over 300 films, most now lost; this survival is rare luck.
The 'Chinese crooks' plot reflects 1920s anxiety over immigration and Asian labor competition in the West.
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