The Ace of Spades

Oct 19, 1925

5h 0m

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Overview

15 chapter serial. Gideon Trask and his henchmen at the saloon in Arkansas City covet the mineral survey of the Louisiana Territory made for Napoleon before the sale of the Territory to the United States. This is in possession of the Heath Brothers, who seek to use it in staking their land when the Oklahoma territory, last of the Louisiana tract to be released by the Government, is opened to Homesteaders.

Genres

Western

Adventure

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

The Ace of Spades Trailers

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Cast

Dan Harvey

William Desmond

Olive Heath

Mary McAllister

Joe Dineen

Albert J. Smith

Jim Heath

William Steele

Gideon Trask

Jack Pratt

Francois Bonaparte

Frank Lanning

James Monroe

Bert Sprotte

Henchman

Monte Montague

Henchman

Al Hoxie

Charles Avery

'Poker Dice' Ann

Cathleen Calhoun

Martin Heath

Clark Comstock

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