{{short description|1922 film}} {{Use American English|date=September 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox film | name = Back Fire | image = Back Fire (1922 film).jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Alan James | producer = Anthony J. Xydias | writer = Alan James<br />William Dudley Pelley | starring = Jack Hoxie<br />Florence Gilbert<br />Lew Meehan | cinematography = | studio = Sunset Productions | distributor = Aywon Film Corporation | released = {{film date|1922|11|11}} | runtime = 50 minutes | country = United States | language = Silent (English intertitles) }} '''''Back Fire''''' is a 1922 American silent Western film directed by Alan James and starring Jack Hoxie, Florence Gilbert, and Lew Meehan.<ref name=":0" />
==Plot== <blockquote>"Lightning" Carson and a chance acquaintance, Jim Hampton, drift into a little town in the West. Desperately in need of money, Jim suggests that they hold up the Wells-Fargo office. The suggestion is overheard. By chance, the express office is robbed and the two are suspected. Hampton is thrown into jail and "Lightning" pursued by the Sheriff. He meets Jim's sister and falls in love with her. When the Sheriff finally traps "Lightning" it is found he is a Texas Ranger. They join forces and the battle follows between them and the real outlaws. When the bandits are captured "Lightning" claims Jim's sister, Betty.
''-- Motion Picture News Booking Guide''<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Institute |first=American Film |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rlLbRAPOgP0C |title=The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States |date=1997 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-20969-5 |pages=33 |language=en}}</ref></blockquote>
==Cast== {{Cast listing| * Jack Hoxie as 'Lightning' Carson * Florence Gilbert as Betty Hampton * Lew Meehan as Sheriff Baxter * William Gould as Steve Rollins * Zalla Zarana as Juanita Rollins * Milton Ross as Marshal * Poke Williams as Deputy Hess Collins * William Berke as Henchman Latigo * Bert Rollins as Henchman Buck * George Sowards as Jim Hampton * Nellie Anderson as Mrs Hampton }}
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0172155}}
Category:1922 films Category:1922 Western (genre) films Category:American black-and-white films Category:Films directed by Alan James Category:American silent Western (genre) films Category:1922 English-language films Category:1922 American films Category:Films with screenplays by William Dudley Pelley Category:English-language Western (genre) films Category:American silent feature films