The Unknown Cavalier

"The Unknown Cavalier" unfolds a classic Western morality tale centered on the duplicitous figure of Henry Suggs. By day, Suggs embodies the upright citizen and vigilante of Cattelo; by night, he is a shadowy marauder, his true villainy known only to Tarzan, a horse whose former master he murdered. When Suggs, driven by a fear of exposure, manipulates the town into condemning Tarzan for fabricated wickedness, the murdered man's daughter, Ruth Gaunt, makes a plea. She implores the wandering cowboy, Tom Drury, to save the majestic animal. This act of rescue solidifies an immediate, deep bond between Tom and Tarzan, simultaneously igniting a tense rivalry between Tom and Suggs for Ruth's hand. The film then propels its heroes through a gauntlet of narrow escapes, culminating in a climactic confrontation where Tom and Tarzan collaboratively unmask the villain, bringing a satisfying, if somewhat predictable, justice to the untamed frontier.