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The Light of Western Stars
Rousing Outdoor Romance --- Like "The Virginian"
1930 | 70m | English
Popularity: 0.4 (history)
| Director: | Otto Brower, Edwin H. Knopf |
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| Writer: | Zane Grey, William Slavens McNutt, Grover Jones, Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
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| 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: | Apr 19, 1930 |
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| Director: | Otto Brower, Edwin H. Knopf |
| Writer: | Zane Grey, William Slavens McNutt, Grover Jones, Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
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| Keywords | based on novel or book |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: May 02, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Richard Arlen | Dick Bailey |
| Mary Brian | Ruth Hammond |
| Harry Green | Plotz / Pie-Pan |
| Regis Toomey | Bob Drexell |
| Fred Kohler | H.W. Stack |
| Guy Oliver | Sheriff Grip Jarvis |
| George Chandler | Slig Whalen |
| Name | Job |
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| Otto Brower | Director |
| Edwin H. Knopf | Director |
| Zane Grey | Novel |
| William Slavens McNutt | Adaptation |
| Charles Midgely | Original Music Composer |
| Jane Loring | Editor |
| Fred A. Datig | Casting |
| Earl S. Hayman | Sound |
| Grover Jones | Adaptation |
| Charles Lang | Director of Photography |
| Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Writer |
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