Empty Saddles

Buck runs into trouble when he buys a deserted cattle ranch that he turns into a dude ranch.

Cast

Buck Jones

as Buck Devlin

Louise Brooks

as Boots Boone

Harvey Clark

as Swaps Boone

Gertrude Astor

as Eloise Hayes

Charles Middleton

as Cim White

Frank Campeau

as Kit Kress

Claire Rochelle

as Madge Grant

Lloyd Ingraham

as Lem Jessup - alias Jim Grant

Earl Askam

as Red Madden - Henchman

Ben Corbett

as Vegas

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