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Bucking Broadway
“A ranch foreman battles a rich stockbroker for the affections of a beautiful young woman.”
5.6 / 10• 1917• 54m•NR• English
WesternRomance
Storyline
On a ranch in Wyoming, one of the cowboys, Cheyenne Harry (Harry Carey), falls in love with his boss's daughter. But she decides to elope to the city with Captain Thornton, a wealthy visitor to the ranch. She quickly discovers that life in the city is not what she expected. Cheyenne, devastated by the loss of his fiancée, decides to go to the city to find her, and in the end rescues her from the grips of Captain Thornton and from the extravagant and decadent way of life in the city.
Cast & Crew
Harry Carey
Cheyenne Harry
Lead
Molly Malone
Helen Clayton
LW
L.M. Wells
Ben Clayton
VP
Vester Pegg
Eugene Thornton
William Steele
Buck Hoover
Gertrude Astor
Gladys (uncredited)
Martha Mattox
Shocked Customer in Store (uncredited)
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. John Ford's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Bucking Broadway is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
