The Wallop
1921 film
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::summary 1921 film ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox film"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | The Wallop |
| image | Thewallop-lanternslide1921.jpg |
| caption | Damaged lantern slide for the film. |
| director | John Ford |
| producer | John Ford |
| writer | George C. Hull |
| Eugene Manlove Rhodes | |
| starring | Harry Carey |
| cinematography | Harry M. Fowler |
| distributor | Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
| released | |
| runtime | 50 minutes |
| country | United States |
| language | Silent |
| English intertitles | |
| :: |
::callout[type=note] a motion picture ::
| name = The Wallop | image = Thewallop-lanternslide1921.jpg | caption = Damaged lantern slide for the film. | director = John Ford | producer = John Ford | writer = George C. Hull Eugene Manlove Rhodes | starring = Harry Carey | cinematography = Harry M. Fowler | distributor = Universal Film Manufacturing Company | released = | runtime = 50 minutes | country = United States | language = Silent English intertitles The Wallop is a 1921 American silent Western film directed by John Ford and starring Harry Carey. The film is considered to be lost.
Plot
As described in a film publication, John Wesley Pringle (Carey), an adventurer, returns to Gadsden to claim the girl Stella (Golden), only to find out that she is in love with Chris Foy (Steele).
Chris has been accused of a murder that he did not commit. Sheriff Matt Lisner (Le Moyne) searches Stella's house for Chris but finds out that he is hiding in the mountains. Sheriff Lisner and his crowd set off for the mountains to get Chris and claim a reward for his capture. John gets to the mountains by a back route and pretends to rescue Chris, but he surprises both the Sheriff and Chris by claiming the reward for himself.
John then orders Sheriff Lisner to release Chris, saying that this was all a ruse to rescue Chris and get him safely from the mountain top. John then reveals evidence which shows that Lisner is the real murderer, and Chris returns to Stella, while John goes on his way without ever revealing his love for the girl.
Cast
- Harry Carey as John Wesley Pringle
- Mignonne Golden as Stella Vorhis
- William Steele as Christopher Foy (credited as William Gettinger)
- Charles Le Moyne as Matt Lisner
- Joe Harris as Barela
- C. E. Anderson as Applegate
- J. Farrell MacDonald as Neuces River
- Mark Fenton as Major Vorhis
- Noble Johnson as Espinol
References
References
- "Progressive Silent Film List: The Wallop". Silent Era.
- (May 8, 1921). "The Wallop: Another Good One to Please Carey's Admirers". Wyd's Films and Film Folks, Inc..
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