Galloping Gallagher
{{short description|1924 film}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Galloping Gallagher
| image = Galloping Gallagher.jpg
| caption = Lobby card
| director = Albert S. Rogell
| producer = Harry Joe Brown
| writer = Marion Jackson
| starring = {{ubl|Fred Thomson|Hazel Keener|Frank Hagney}}
| cinematography =
| studio = Monogram Pictures
| distributor = Film Booking Offices of America
| released = {{Film date|1924|03|01}}
| runtime = 5 reels
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}
Galloping Gallagher is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Fred Thomson, Hazel Keener, and Frank Hagney.{{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=279 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rlLbRAPOgP0C |isbn=0-520-20969-9 }} The film was originally five reels long, only 29 minutes of which survive today.
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,{{cite journal |last=Pardy |first=George T. |title=Box Office Reviews: Galloping Gallagher |journal=Exhibitors Trade Review |volume= |issue= |pages=26 |publisher=Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation |date=5 April 1924 |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibi00newy/page/n377/mode/1up |accessdate=2 November 2022}} {{Source-attribution}} with the help of his horse Silver King, Bill Gallagher captures a couple of bandits who are terrorizing the town of Tombstone and is made sheriff. Evelyn Churchhill, a young woman evangelist, is kidnapped by outlaws. Burke, the Tombstone Bank president, is the secret leader of the gang. After Bill rescues Evelyn, Burke manages to have him arrested. Bill's horse brings the jail keys to his master. Bill gets loose, whips and exposes Burke, and wins the affection of Evelyn.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Fred Thomson as Bill Gallagher
- Hazel Keener as Evelyn Churchill
- Frank Hagney as Joseph Burke
- Nelson McDowell as Leon I. Berry
- N.E. Hendrix as Tub
- Andy Morris as Slim
- Lew Meehan as Henchman
- Bob Reeves as Cowhand
- Silver King the Horse as Bill's Horse
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0128228}}
{{Albert S. Rogell}}
Category:1924 Western (genre) films
Category:Films directed by Albert S. Rogell
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:Film Booking Offices of America films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Silent American Western (genre) films
Category:English-language Western (genre) films
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