Riders of the Purple Sage (1918)
- Directed by
- Frank Lloyd
- Genre
- Western film, silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 57 min
- Rated
- NR
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A former Texas Ranger hunts for Mormons who took his married sister. This silent western is based on Zane Grey's novel.
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What happens
Riders of the Purple Sage is a 1918 American silent Western film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring William Farnum, Mary Mersch, and William Scott. The film is about a former Texas Ranger who goes after a group of Mormons who have abducted his married sister. This Frank Lloyd silent film was the first of five film adaptations of Zane Grey's 1912 novel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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