This was a small budget western.It looked it .Not a lot of actors in it.It had back ground music but it was not actual music from 1928,but a later period .John Lowell is the ranch owner john martin. Peggy Montgomery, not to be confused with baby Peggy,plays his daughter Dolly.J.P. McGowan plays ed Hicks a cattle rustler,who manipulated John Martin into allowing Hicks to rustling Johns won cattle on a lie that Hicks is just pretending to steal it, to leave his Martins Ranch alone, but actually stealing his cattle..Bob Custer plays the hero Chuck, who been hired to stop hicks and the Rest of the gang.Jack Ponder ,plays his assistant Reginald Van Wiley ,pretending to be a idiot ,so he can spy on what going on at the ranch.The story and plot is very minimal.It looks like a 35mmm home movie shot in someones back yard.In spite of its limitation it was satisfying.The funny part you can't tell whether it takes place in 1928 ,Dolly Martin bonnet and dress, or the 1870's.This is typical of the low budget Westerns to went into the Early talkies.But it was not bad. 03/17/13

Aside from being a silent film and having very nice cinematography, this B-western is pretty typical of the genre. Had it been made a decade or more later, it might have starred Gene Autry or Roy Rogers--it was just the sort of formulaic sort of entertainment at which they excelled.The film is about cattle rustling. Two agents (one disguised as a wimpy Easterner) are sent to investigate who is responsible for all the cattle being stolen. Eventually, they figure out who's responsible and as expected, there is a finale that includes beating the stuffing out of the baddies. Nothing too surprising here and at 44 minutes, it's quite short--even for a B.

In the days of the silent film, the western genre surprisingly prospered, and Bob Custer was one of the well-known participants of the horse operas of the time. He's a pleasant enough actor and works well with his leading lady, Peggy Montgomery (who incidentally isn't Baby Peggy, silent screen moppet who was born Peggy-Jean Montgomery). She's a good little actress who has some conflict with Custer before the final reel.In 44 minutes there isn't much room for plot but if you like action, horses, and tales of treachery, with a love angle on the side, this film is as good as any. I saw it on the small screen with some lovely colour tints but alas, without a musical score, but it was still watchable and enjoyable. If you like westerns, give this one a look.

Silent films with few exceptions might seem like something out of the past with no reason to be seen nowadays. However the new technology might give them value again. I saw this film on a a small screen.Being silent the actors make more of an effort to show an expressive face. This makes it much easier to follow on a small screen. And what actors!! The bad guy J.P. McGowan is superb. And the others are also excellent. A routine western story with a lot of action makes this film a pleasure to see, specially for those who miss the good old B westerns. The good guy Bob Custer, is after the guys who steal cattle. The girl, Peggy Montgomery is pretty and stubborn. Her father is apparently involved with the bad guys. A lot of scenes of cattle and galloping horses.