The Galloping Kid

The Galloping Kid

50 mins | Comedy, Western | Sept. 11, 1922

Cowboy Simplex Cox, now a drifter and odd-job seeker, lands the assignment of chaperoning the pretty daughter of cattleman "Five-Notch" Arnett. Laura Arnett has a weakness of falling in love with every man she meets---Simplex Cox the exception---and it is Simp's job to keep her from meeting any. However, too late, as she has succumbed to the polished, oily charms of Hubert Bolston, who has dastardly designs upon Arnett's land and intends getting them by marrying the daughter.

The Galloping Kid

50 mins | Comedy, Western | Sept. 11, 1922

The Galloping Kid
Cowboy Simplex Cox, now a drifter and odd-job seeker, lands the assignment of chaperoning the pretty daughter of cattleman "Five-Notch" Arnett. Laura Arnett has a weakness of falling in love with every man she meets---Simplex Cox the exception---and it is Simp's job to keep her from meeting any. However, too late, as she has succumbed to the polished, oily charms of Hubert Bolston, who has dastardly designs upon Arnett's land and intends getting them by marrying the daughter.
Producers Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Original title The Galloping Kid
Directors Nat Ross
Writers William Henry Hamby, A.P. Younger, Arthur F. Statter

Cast

Hoot Gibson

as 'Simplex' Cox

Edna Murphy

as Helen Arnett

Lionel Belmore

as 'Five-Notch' Arnett

Léon Bary

as Fred Bolston

Jack Walters

as Steve Larabee

Percy Challenger

as Zek Hawkins