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The Vanished Line Rider (1917)
Short | Short, Western

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The Vanished Line Rider (1917)

Short | Short, Western

At her father's San Remo Ranch, Madge King receives a telephone message from her friend, Mrs. Lane, requesting her assistance in finding her husband, a line rider for the Vantana Electric Power Company. While Roger King, her father, goes ...See moreAt her father's San Remo Ranch, Madge King receives a telephone message from her friend, Mrs. Lane, requesting her assistance in finding her husband, a line rider for the Vantana Electric Power Company. While Roger King, her father, goes to the station to meet his old friend, Prof. John Danby, Madge and Matt Welby, the ranch foreman, call at the home of Mrs. Lane. They discover a note to the missing line rider, threatening him with death. They promise Mrs. Lane to investigate. While returning to the ranch, Prof. Danby, who is a geologist, stops to examine a rare formation of rock. Near the spot, King finds a hat with the name "George Lane" written on the band. Two strangers, driving by, see King pick up the hat, and fire upon him. King returns the fire, and a struggle ensues. Another stranger, Jed Hawley, arrives on the scene, but the three men of mystery are put to flight when Madge and the fort man arrive. Believing the incident to be connected with the disappearance of George Lane, Madge determines to see it through. She hides in the wagon of the strangers, and instructs her father to follow in his rig with the professor. The strangers drive to the shack of Jed Hawley where Madge is discovered by them, and locked in a closet in the shack. She manages to escape by shooting off the lock. She looks out of the window, and sees the three strangers unloading Chinamen from the covered wagon. They are evading the immigration laws by smuggling Chinamen into the state across the Mexican border. Madge follows the strangers as they hide the Chinamen in a cave near the shack. She enters the cave, and there finds a secret door leading to an inner cave. She finds George Lane, the missing line rider, inside. He tells Madge his story: "I was riding near this shack one morning when I chanced to see those fellows taking Chinamen out of a wagon. I understood what they were doing. They tried to bribe me into silence. I refused. They sent me a threatening letter, and later a 'phone call summoning me to Devil's Leap on pretext of wire trouble. There they overpowered me, and brought me a prisoner to this cave. I've been here ever since." At this point Hawley enters the cave and discovers Madge there. He again makes her a prisoner. The timely arrival of her father, Matt and Danby brings about the capture of the smugglers and the release of George Lane, the "vanished line rider." See less

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Marin Sais Madge King Madge King See fewer	Mysteries of the Grand Hotel (1915)
Robert N. Bradbury The Vulture (as Ronald Bradbury) The Vulture (as Ronald Bradbury) See fewer	The Lucky Texan (1934)
Edward Clisbee Charlie Charlie See fewer	The Boer War (1914)
Edward Hearn Larry Kerwin Larry Kerwin See fewer	As No Man Has Loved (1925)
Frank Jonasson Roger King Roger King See fewer	Merton of the Movies (1924)
Jack Hoxie Actor (as Hart Hoxie) Actor (as Hart Hoxie) See fewer	Looking for Trouble (1926)
L.M. Phillips Actor Actor See fewer	The Vanished Line Rider (1917)
Mary Watson Actress Actress See fewer	The Vanished Line Rider (1917)