The Light of Western Stars (1930)
Rousing Outdoor Romance --- Like "The Virginian"
70 min
A friend of Dick Bailey is killed by a mysterious assailant, whom Dick suspects to be Stack, who is in league with the crooked sheriff. Out on a spree Dick swears he will marry the first woman he sees, who happens to be Ruth Hammond, sister of his dead friend, arriving to take charge of the Hammond ranch. Revolted by his rough proposal,she fires him as the Hammond foreman and she proceeds to the ranch. Stack informs her he has purchased the ranch for the payment of the back-due taxes, and she relents and rehires Dick and his friends to aid her in her fight against Stack.
- Release date
- April 19, 1930
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Richard Arlen as Dick Bailey
- Mary Brian as Ruth Hammond
- Harry Green as Plotz aka Pie-Pan
- Regis Toomey as Bob Drexell
- Fred Kohler as H.W. Stack
- Guy Oliver as Sheriff Grip Jarvis
- George Chandler as Slig Whalen
- William Gillis as Barfly
- William Le Maire as Griff Meeker
- Lew Meehan as Rifleman
Crew
- Otto Brower · Director
- Edwin H. Knopf · Director
- Grover Jones · Writer
- William Slavens McNutt · Writer
- Zane Grey · Writer
- Charles Lang · Cinematographer
- Jane Loring · Editor