| Step on It! | |
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| Directed by | Jack Conway |
| Written by | Courtney Ryley Cooper (story) Arthur F. Statter |
| Starring | Hoot Gibson |
| Cinematography | Charles E. Kaufman |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures Corporation |
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| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Step on It! is a lost 1922 American silent Western film directed by Jack Conway and featuring Hoot Gibson, released by Universal Pictures.
Plot
As described in a film magazine, Vic Collins (Gibson) is continually losing cattle, but is unable to trace them beyond a stream that skirts his ranch. Lafe Brownell (Girard), an officer from Texas sent to trace cattle thieves, tells Vic that the new telegraph operator Lorraine Leighton (Bedford), whom Vic has become interested in, is at the bottom of the thefts. Vic follows her to a nearby ranch and finds the bed of the stream dry, because the water has been shutoff at a sluice way. Thus, his cattle had been driven across the dry stream and then the water turned on again. Vic is captured by the thieves and threatened with death, but Lorraine rides back to his ranch for help. It turns out that she was mingled with the gang only to obtain evidence to clear her brother's name from falsely being jailed for murder.
Cast
- Hoot Gibson as Vic Collins
- Edith Yorke as Mrs Collins
- Frank Lanning as Pidge Walters
- Barbara Bedford as Lorraine Leighton
- Victor Potel as Noisy Johnson
- Gloria Davenport as Letty Mather
- Joseph W. Girard as Lafe Brownell (credited as Joe Girard)
- Lee Shumway as Bowman (credited as L.C. Shumway)
See also
References
- The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Step on It!
- "Progressive Silent Film List: Step on It!". silentera.com. Retrieved May 3, 2008.
- "Reviews: Step on It!". Exhibitors Herald. 14 (23). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 55. June 3, 1922.
- The Midwest Joseph W. Slade, Judith Yaross Lee · 2004 p 215 Step on It ( 1922 ) , starring Hoot Gibson and set in Kansas City , deals with the familiar western trope of cattle rustling .
External links
- Step on It! at IMDb
- Step on It! at AllMovie