The Unknown Cavalier (1926)

Director
Albert S. Rogell

Main cast
Ken Maynard; Kathleen Collins; David Torrence; T. Roy Barnes; Jim Mason

Genres
Western

Description
Tom Drury, a cowboy whose quick thinking stops a notorious outlaw, "The Hawk," from further misdeeds. The villain, as it turns out, is none other than Henry Suggs (James Mason), heretofore considered a pillar of the community.....


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