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The Mad Racer

Apr 26, 1926

0h 19m

★ 0.0

Overview

Van Bibber is spending his vacation with Colonel Paddock's party at the ranch owned by Paddock's friend. The peace and quiet is often disturbed by a desperado known as The Mad Racer, who has been hired to keep Van out of the Buggy Race.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Fox Film Corporation

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Cast

Jean Arthur

Reginald Van Bibber

Earle Foxe

Sylvia Paddock

Florence Gilbert

Colonel Paddock

Frank Beal

Edna Marion

Bertie de Puyster

Lynn Cowan

When Bob Stratton returns from war in France, he soon discovers his ranch in the hands of a pretty girl, Mary Thorne, who explains that upon her father's death she became the sole owner. Thorne had been the executor of Stratton's will, and thinking that Bob had been killed, he had appropriated the place for himself.

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The Mad Racer

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