The Trail Rider

The Trail Rider
Poster with an illustration of Buck Jones
Theatrical release poster
Directed byW. S. Van Dyke
Screenplay byThomas Dixon Jr.
Based onThe Trail Rider
by George Washington Ogden
Produced byWilliam Fox
StarringBuck Jones
CinematographyReginald Lyons
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corp.
Release date
  • February 22, 1925 (1925-02-22) (US)
Running time
  • 50 minutes
  • 4,752 feet, 5 reels[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Trail Rider is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring Buck Jones. Based on the 1924 novel The Trail Rider: A Romance of the Kansas Range by George Washington Ogden, the film is about a trail rider hired to protect ranchers from the actions of a corrupt banker. The film was produced by Fox Film Corp. and was released on February 22, 1925, in the United States. It marked Gary Cooper’s film debut as a stunt rider. It is not known whether the film currently survives.

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