The Wallop

Story

Synopsis

John Wesley Pringle, adventurer at large, returns home after making his strike and finds his old girl friend, Stella, engaged to Christopher Foy, who is running for sheriff. Pringle foils an attempt by incumbent sheriff Matt Lisner to kill Foy, but when Foy is accused of a murder, Pringle, in a clever ruse, captures Foy, holds the posse at gunpoint, and then releases him, explaining his motive.

Director

John Ford

Writers

George C. Hull, Eugene Manlove Rhodes

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

9 May 1921

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Harry Carey

  John Wesley Pringle

• Mignonne Golden

  Stella Vorhis

• 

  William Steele

  Christopher Foy (as William Gettinger)

• 

  Charles Le Moyne

  Matt Lisner

• Joe Harris

  Barela

• 

  C.E. Anderson

  Applegate

• 

  J. Farrell MacDonald

  Neuces River

• Mark Fenton

  Major Vorhis

• 

  Noble Johnson

  Espinol