Nevada (1927)

Directed by

John Waters

Genre

Western film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 08m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A former outlaw takes a job protecting a ranch owner's sister. The jealous foreman spreads rumors about the man's past, forcing him to flee. He later captures the foreman's cattle rustling gang, clears his name, and marries the girl.

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What happens

Nevada is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by John Waters and starring Gary Cooper, Thelma Todd, and William Powell. Based on the novel Nevada by Zane Grey, the film is about a former outlaw hired to protect a ranch owner's sister, which angers the ranch foreman who is in love with the girl. The villainous foreman spreads a rumor of his rival's dark past to the sheriff, and the former outlaw is soon on the run again. Eventually he captures a gang of cattle rustlers led by the foreman, and with his reputation restored, he marries the girl. This lavish Western film was remade in 1944 as a B movie version titled Nevada starring Robert Mitchum—the only time Cooper and Mitchum played the same role; the remake was so early in Mitchum's career that he was billed with "Introducing Bob Mitchum as Jim Lacy." Nevada still survives in a complete copy, but the film's appearance is not the best, due probably to poor preservation. It is possible to make out scenes, but not as well as other highly restored silent films. This was a very early Western role for Gary Cooper, but his fame in Westerns would be more noticeable in talking pictures. The film's copyright was not renewed, and therefore went into the public domain on January 1, 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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