Bucking the Truth
{{short description|1926 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Bucking the Truth
| image = File:Bucking the truth 1926.jpg
| caption =
| director = Milburn Morante
| producer = Carl Laemmle
| writer = Jay Inman Kane
| starring = {{ubl|Pete Morrison|Brinsley Shaw|Bruce Gordon}}
| cinematography = Richard Fryer
| studio = Universal Pictures
| distributor = Universal Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1926|07|18}}
| runtime = 52 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent
English intertitles
}}
Bucking the Truth is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Milburn Morante and starring Pete Morrison, Brinsley Shaw and Bruce Gordon.{{cite book |date=1997 |editor-last=Munden |editor-first=Kenneth W. |title=The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1 |publisher=University of California Press |orig-date=1971 |page=97 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rlLbRAPOgP0C |isbn=0-520-20969-9 }}
Plot
'Slim' Duane, a nomadic cowboy, finds himself compelled to swap clothes with an escaped criminal, which leads to suspicion falling on him for the murder of Sheriff Findlay. Evading the pursuing posse, he stumbles upon a gang of rustlers hidden in the hills who capture him. Meanwhile, another innocent man faces wrongful accusations and is on the brink of being executed. Slim's companions, 'Course-Gold' Charlie and his partner Anne, embark on a mission to save him.
Cast
- Pete Morrison as 'Slim' Duane
- Brinsley Shaw as 'Coarse Gold' Charlie
- Bruce Gordon as Matt Holden
- William La Roche as Eben Purkiss
- Slim Whitaker as 'Red' Sang
- Ione Reed as Anne
- O. Robertson as Tom Bailey
- Vester Pegg as Sheriff Findlay
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0016694}}
Category:1926 Western (genre) films
Category:Universal Pictures films
Category:Films directed by Milburn Morante
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Silent American Western (genre) films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:English-language Western (genre) films
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