The Call of the Heart

Molly O'Day and her brother, Josh, are homesteading on and trying to make a living on a piece of government land, but local rancher Dave Crenshaw claims the land is part of his holdings, and he and his henchmen try to drive the O'Days off. Cowhand Jerry Wilson and his dog, Dynamite, come to their aid against Crenshaw.

Cast

Dynamite the Dog

as Dynamite (as Dynamite the Devil Dog)

Joan Alden

as Molly O'Day

Edmund Cobb

as Jerry Wilson

William Steele

as Dave Crenshaw (as William A. Steele)

Maurice Murphy

as Josh O'Day

George Plues

as Henchman

Frank Baker

as Henchman

Owen Train

as Henchman

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