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The Mysterious Rider

Year
1927
Director
John Waters
Length
Not established

Bent Wade helps desert homesteaders buy a disputed land title, but the seller’s disappearing-ink receipt puts both their homes and Wade’s life in danger.

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Historical context and source evidence.

Language
English
Tense Western

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A thumb holds folded old paper with fading stamped marks and the title The Mysterious Rider.

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What survives

AFI’s account centres on a fraudulent land sale and a vanished receipt. Jack Holt plays Wade, caught between the people who trusted him and the seller who cheated them. The Library of Congress’s August 2020 inventory lists the film as lost.

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Explore the 1927 AFI record before borrowing plot details from the novel or another adaptation. AFI lists a historical duration of 65 minutes; that does not identify a surviving viewing copy, its speed or its accompaniment.

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A quick, non-exhaustive note AFI’s synopsis includes attempted lynching, imprisonment and threatened torture. This written account is not a complete content advisory.
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