The Flaming Forties

A young cowhand befriends a disreputable gambler and pulls him out of some trouble. Hoping to square things with his new friend, the gambler seeks to warn him about the cowhand's fiancée, about whom the gambler knows some unsavory details.

Cast

Harry Carey

as Bill Jones

William Bailey

as Desparde

Jacqueline Gadsden

as Sally

James Pier Mason

as 'Jay-Bird' Charley

Frank Norcross

as Colonel Starbottle

Wilbur Higby

as Sheriff

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