| Director | Webster Cullison |
|---|---|
| Producer | Ashton Dearholt |
| Writer | Daniel F. Whitcomb |
| Starring | Edmund Cobb Florence Gilbert Ashton Dearholt |
| Studio | Ashton Dearholt Productions |
| Distributor | Arrow Film Corporation |
| Released | December 15, 1923 |
| Runtime | 50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent English intertitles |
Battling Bates is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by Webster Cullison and starring Edmund Cobb, Florence Gilbert and Ashton Dearholt.[1]
Plot
Fred Porter is U.S. Secret Service agent on the trail of a gang of outlaws.
Entering a cattle community as a stranger, Porter rescues a young rancher from an ambush. It seems that a jealous woman, rejected by the ranger who has been wooing another in town, has sent her henchmen out to kill him.
The culprits happen to be members of the same gang that Porter has been tracking.[2]
Cast
- Edmund Cobb as Fred Porter
- Florence Gilbert
- Ashton Dearholt
References
- ^ Munden, Kenneth W. (ed.) (1997 [1971]). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press. p. 41. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.
- ^ Langman, Larry (1992). A Guide to Silent Westerns. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-27858-7.
External links
- Battling Bates at IMDb