Two-Fisted Jones

1925 film

December 6, 1925 (1925-12-06)

Running time

50 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Two-Fisted Jones is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Edward Sedgwick and written by Scott Darling. The film stars Jack Hoxie, Kathryn McGuire, William Steele, Harry Todd, Frank Rice, and Paul Grimes. The film was released on December 6, 1925, by Universal Pictures.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[4] Jack Wilbur, hunting a man supposed to be lost, learns of a money lender Bart Wilson’s plot to steal Mary Mortimer’s ranch. The money lender hires a gang of cattle rustlers to steal the young woman’s cattle. The young man ruins this rustling plot. A man who has been identified as the missing person is being married to the young woman when Jack rides up and proves that he himself is the missing man. There is then a new bridegroom for the wedding ceremony.

Cast

Jack Hoxie as Jack Wilbur
Kathryn McGuire as Mary Mortimer
William Steele as Hank Gage
Harry Todd as Bart Wilson
Frank Rice as Old Bill
Paul Grimes as Traitor
William Welsh as Henry Mortimer
Frederick Cole as Paul Jones
Byron Douglas as John Wilbur Sr.
Edward Burns as Sheriff
Artie Ortego as Buck Oxford

References

^ "Two-Fisted Jones (1925) – Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
^ Hans J. Wollstein. "Two-Fisted Jones (1925) – Edward Sedgwick". AllMovie. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
^ "Two-Fisted Jones". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
^ "New Pictures: Two-Fisted Jones". Exhibitors Herald. 24 (2). Chicago: Exhibitors Herald Co.: 67 December 26, 1925. Retrieved January 19, 2023. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.