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The Lone Round-Up Synopsis
The scene is laid in a western town and opens with its leading citizen and bank president giving a dance to his debutante daughter, recently returned from finishing school in the big metropolis. A newcomer to the village is treasurer of the bank, and is making a play for the girl. Daugherty, as chief of the cattlemen, has always been her closest friend. The treasurer, who is engineering a bank robbery, takes her to the bank and opens the way for a band of thieves. Daugherty, who has trailed them, is knocked out. The treasurer turns suspicions in his direction. He escapes from the jail and follows the girl who has been captured by the bandits in her efforts to trail them. Daugherty rescues the girl and captures all of the bandits and their loot.
The Unknown Ranger Synopsis
A man named Chandler, claiming to be a novelist in search of local color, arrives at a town near the Mexican border, where he makes advances toward Jo, a girl living a solitary life on a desert ranch. Manning, a cowboy, suspects Chandler's motives, and his suspicions are strengthened when Chandler is caught cheating at cards. Following a gang of Mexicans to their mountain retreat, Manning learns that Chandler and the Mexicans are smuggling opium across the border. Two gang members are killed in the ensuing fight, but Chandler, wounded by Manning after a chase on the cliffs, escapes to Jo's home, where he denounces Manning as a smuggler. Manning arrives and dispels Jo's misgivings about him by revealing that he is a Texas Ranger, sworn to secrecy. Chandler is allowed to escape, and Manning and Joe are united.
"The Unknown Ranger" is currently leading in ratings, making it a stronger choice for newcomers to the genre.
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