Its time for the big race and its the Rambling Kid riding Dynamite versus Wilson's horse Thunderbolt. When Gyp informs Wilson that Lightning is faster, Wilson has Gyp drug the Kid's coffee just before the race.
Stunts
Genuine horse race footage with real danger, 1929 safety standards be damned.
Acting
Walter Brennan's early role as Skinny Rawlins — proto-Walter Brennan charm.
Director
Arthur Rosson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of Hoot Gibson's last silent Westerns before he fully committed to talkies; you can hear the medium straining in every title card.
The 'doped coffee' plot was lifted almost wholesale from a 1922 Zane Grey serial, because in 1929 Hollywood, recycling was an art form.
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