The Arizona Sweepstakes
1926 film
- January 10, 1926 (1926-01-10)
Running time
The Arizona Sweepstakes is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and starring Hoot Gibson. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures.[1][2]
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,[3] a cowboy who goes to a city and is embroiled in a number of gang fights narrowly escapes going to prison on a false charge of manslaughter. He escapes and hurries home to enter a horse race on the outcome of which, he learns, depends the financial future of the man whose daughter he loves. A detective arrives to arrest him, but he evades capture and rides to victory in the race.
Cast
- Hoot Gibson as Coot Cadigan
- Helen Lynch as Nell Savery
- Philo McCullough as Jonathan Carey
- George Ovey as Stuffy McGee
- Emmett King as Col. Tom Savery
- Tod Brown as Detective
- Kate Price as Mrs. McGuire
- Jack Morgan as McGee Child
- Billy Kent Schaefer as McGee Child
- Kingsley Benedict as Cowhand
Preservation
With no prints of The Arizona Sweepstakes located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.
References
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Arizona Sweepstakes at silentera.com
- ^ The AFI CAtalog of Feature Films: The Arizona Sweepstakes
- ^ "New Pictures: The Arizona Sweepstakes", Exhibitors Herald, 23 (8), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 61, November 14, 1925, retrieved November 8, 2022
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - ^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Arizona Sweepstakes
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Arizona Sweepstakes (film).
- Arizona Sweepstakes at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- v
- t
- e
Films directed by Clifford Smith
- The Apostle of Vengeance (1916)
- The Boss of the Lazy Y (1917)
- The Learning of Jim Benton (1917)
- The Devil Dodger (1917)
- One Shot Ross (1917)
- The Medicine Man (1917)
- The Red-Haired Cupid (1918)
- Crossing Trails (1921)
- Daring Danger (1922)
- Wild Bill Hickok (1923)
- Fighting Fury (1924)
- Ridgeway of Montana (1924)
- The Back Trail (1924)
- Singer Jim McKee (1924)
- Don Dare Devil (1925)
- The Call of Courage (1925)
- Bustin' Thru (1925)
- The Red Rider (1925)
- A Roaring Adventure (1925)
- Ridin' Thunder (1925)
- The Sign of the Cactus (1925)
- The White Outlaw (1925)
- The Desert's Toll (1926)
- The Arizona Sweepstakes (1926)
- A Six Shootin' Romance (1926)
- The Demon (1926)
- Sky High Corral (1926)
- The Terror (1926)
- The Wild Horse Stampede (1926)
- Rustlers' Ranch (1926)
- The Ridin' Rascal (1926)
- The Scrappin' Kid (1926)
- The Set-Up (1926)
- The Man in the Saddle (1926)
- The Fighting Peacemaker (1926)
- The Phantom Bullet (1926)
- Open Range (1927)
- Spurs and Saddles (1927)
- Loco Luck (1927)
- The Valley of Hell (1927)
- The Three Outcasts (1929)
 | This 1920s Western film–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e
 | This article about a silent film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e
