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Tight 50-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Man in the Rough
"Romance and thrills all bundled together in a mighty epic of the fightin' West."
1928 0h 50m EN
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★10.0TMDB · 1
Western
Synopsis
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Attempting to warn an old prospector and his daughter of impending danger from a notorious outlaw, diminutive but tough Bruce Sherwood is himself mistaken for a bandit.
“Romance and thrills all bundled together in a mighty epic of the fightin' West.”
Cast
Bob Steele
Bruce Sherwood
Marjorie King
Tess Winters
Thomas G. Lingham
Cale Winters (as Tom Lingham)
William Bailey
Jim Kane (as William Norton Bailey)
Jay Morley
Buck Helm
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Wallace Fox
- Writers
- Frank Howard Clark, W.C. Tuttle
- Countries
- United States of America
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The take
Wallace Fox directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 50-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 298 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Bob Steele and Marjorie King and Thomas G. Lingham carry the top of the cast.
- 5Marketing tagline: "Romance and thrills all bundled together in a mighty epic of the fightin' West.".
- 6IMDB entry: tt0019133 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 50 min · 0h 50m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Wallace Fox
Production companies
Who made it
- FI
Film Booking Offices of America (FBO)
US
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1928-05-20
