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The Desperate Game

1926 · 51 min

A brisk, old-fashioned silent oater that breezes by with horseback chases and simple charms.

Directed by
Joseph Franz, Milburn Morante
Genres
Action, Adventure, Drama
Starring
Pete Morrison, Lightning the Horse, Dolores Gardner
Overview
Jim Wesley returns from college with a silk shirt and eastern ways, earning the contempt of the cowpunchers on his father's ranch. With a little hard riding and fancy roping, however, Jim proves himself to be a regular guy. Jim's father is involved in a dispute over water rights with Adam Grayson, a neighboring rancher, and the two men decide to settle the disagreement by a marriage between Jim and Grayson's daughter, Marguerite. The young people refuse, but when Marguerite is attacked by a rejected suitor, Jim comes quickly to her rescue.

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Directed by
Joseph Franz, Milburn Morante
Genres
Action, Adventure, Drama
Starring
Pete Morrison, Lightning the Horse, Dolores Gardner
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • love
  • identity
  • justice
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror1
Humour3
Realism6
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
action, adventure, drama, romance, western
Directed by
Joseph Franz, Milburn Morante
Starring
Pete Morrison, Lightning the Horse, Dolores Gardner, Jim Welch, Jere Austin, J.P. Lockney, Al Richmond, Virginia Warwick
Cinematography
William Thornley
Runtime
51 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
No Language

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