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The Silent Stranger Synopsis
Supposedly a deaf-mute, Jack Taylor arrives in Valley City at the same time that Postmaster Dad Warner is threatened with the loss of his job because of the many recent mail thefts. Taylor suspects Warner's clerk, Law Sleeman, and is consequently captured by a gang led by local politician Dick Blackwell. He escapes, stops another robbery, rescues Lillian Warner, captures the gang, reveals himself to be a Secret Service agent, and wins Lillian's hand.
Virginian Outcast Synopsis
In the Deep South, plantation owner Col. Webster, who is in dire financial straits, is offered a loan by wealthy neighbor Sam Logan on the condition that Webster's beautiful daughter, Madonna, marry him. Webster turns down the offer, thus angering Logan, who is further enraged by the fact that Madonna prefers the attentions of a stranger who proclaims himself an outcast from Virginia. After Logan abducts Madonna, she is rescued by the stranger, who is then arrested by the local sheriff for bank robbery and murder. It is then revealed that the stranger is a police official on an undercover operation to apprehend those responsible for counterfeiting and various robberies.
"The Silent Stranger" holds a slight edge in general audience appreciation, but "Virginian Outcast" offers its own unique cult appeal.
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