The Broken Spur

The Broken Spur is a 1921 American silent Western film directed by Ben F. Wilson and starring Jack Hoxie, Evelyn Nelson and Marin Sais.

Plot

An engineer attempts to construct a new railroad through the Canadian Northwest, facing opposition from a local bandit leader who fears the railroad will bring law and order to the area. Things are complicated by the fact that the two men are doppelgangers.

Cast

• Jack Hoxie as 'Silent' Joe Dayton/Jacques Durand
• Evelyn Nelson as 'Angel' Lambert
• Jim Welch as Bill Lambert
• Wilbur McGaugh as Pierre LeBac
• Edward W. Borman as John Dexter
• Harry L. Rattenberry as Andy MacGregor
• Marin Sais as Ida Hunt

References

Bibliography

• Langman, Larry. A Guide to Silent Westerns. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1992.
• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

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