Hills of Missing Men

Feb 26, 1922

0h 50m

★ 0.0

Who Is He? The Dragon? An Escaped Bandit Leader or a Spy? Thrills, Action, Suspense Galore

Overview

A US Army officer is sent undercover into the hills of Mexico's Baja California region to find and bring down the madman Crando and his group of crazed followers, who are setting up their own criminal empire spreading from Mexico into the United States.

Genres

Adventure

Western

Production Companies

Playgoers Pictures

Hills of Missing Men Trailers

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Cast

Capt. Brandt / The Dragon

J.P. McGowan

Amy Allis

Helen Holmes

Bandini

Charles Brinley

Hilma Allis

Florence Gilbert

Crando

Jean Perry

Li Fung

James Wang

Buck Allis

Andrew Waldron

A lost film. As described in a film magazine Exhibitors Herald on March 16, 1918: "a forest ranger known only as Headin' South (Fairbanks) goes forth in search of Spanish Joe (Campeau), a Mexican responsible for most of the treachery and outlawry along the U.S.-Mexican boarder. Headin' South gains quite a reputation as he goes along and finally believes himself worthy of joining Joe's band. in a whirlwind finish in which Joe is captured, Headin' South meets one of Joe's near victims (MacDonald) and falls in love with her."

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