The Arizona Sweepstakes | |
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Lobby card | |
Directed by | Clifford Smith |
Written by | Isadore Bernstein |
Based on | a story by Charles Logue |
Produced by | Carl Laemmle |
Starring | Hoot Gibson |
Cinematography | Harry Neuman |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 reels |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Arizona Sweepstakes is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and starring Hoot Gibson. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures.
Plot
As described in a film magazine review, the film follows a cowboy who goes to a city, becomes embroiled in several gang fights, and narrowly escapes prison after being falsely accused of manslaughter. He escapes and hurries home to enter a horse race on the outcome of which, he learns, depends the financial future of the man whose daughter he loves. A detective arrives to arrest him, but he evades capture and rides to victory in the race.
Cast
- Hoot Gibson as Coot Cadigan
- Helen Lynch as Nell Savery
- Philo McCullough as Jonathan Carey
- George Ovey as Stuffy McGee
- Emmett King as Col. Tom Savery
- Tod Brown as Detective
- Kate Price as Mrs. McGuire
- Jack Morgan as McGee Child
- Billy Kent Schaefer as McGee Child
- Kingsley Benedict as Cowhand
Preservation
With no prints of The Arizona Sweepstakes located in any film archives, it is a lost film.
References
- Progressive Silent Film List: The Arizona Sweepstakes at silentera.com
- The AFI CAtalog of Feature Films: The Arizona Sweepstakes
- ^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Arizona Sweepstakes
External links
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- 1926 films
- English-language Western (genre) films
- Universal Pictures films
- 1926 Western (genre) films
- Lost American Western (genre) films
- American black-and-white films
- Films directed by Clifford Smith
- 1926 lost films
- Silent American Western (genre) films
- 1920s American films
- 1920s English-language films
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