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The Avenging Rider (1928 film)

The Avenging Rider is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Wallace Fox and starring Tom Tyler, Florence Allen and Frankie Darro.

Plot
According to Billboard magazine, "the story concerns rivalry between two ranch owners in a boundary dispute, with the result that one is murdered by the other. The deceased leaves his ranch to his niece, played by Florence Allen, and the foreman Tom Tyler. The girl owner of one-half of the ranch brings out a load of her friends and tries to make a dancing academy out of the place, but meets opposition by Tyler. The villain in his attempt to play up to the attractive girl, tries to blame Tyler for the murder of the ranch owner. However, the hero unearths evidence that eventually lands the real murderer in the pen." ==Cast==
Cast
Tom Tyler as Tom Larkin • Florence Allen as Sally Sheridan • Frankie Darro as Frankie Sheridan • Al Ferguson as Bob Gordon • Bob Fleming as Sheriff • Arthur Thalasso as Dance professor == Reception ==
Reception
Billboard's review was positive towards the film, stating that "it is sure to please the action-craving kids and adults." Variety gave the film a poor review, with the reviewer calling the film "monotonous" and "generally nonsensical and abnormally hacked." == Preservation ==
Preservation
A fragment of the film is held by the Gosfilmofond. ==References==
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