# Back Fire

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{{short description|1922 film}}
{{Use American English|date=September 2021}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Back Fire
| image          = Back Fire (1922 film).jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [Alan James](/source/Alan_James)
| producer       = [Anthony J. Xydias](/source/Anthony_J._Xydias)
| writer         = Alan James<br />[William Dudley Pelley](/source/William_Dudley_Pelley)
| starring       = [Jack Hoxie](/source/Jack_Hoxie)<br />[Florence Gilbert](/source/Florence_Gilbert)<br />[Lew Meehan](/source/Lew_Meehan)
| cinematography = 
| studio         = Sunset Productions
| distributor    = [Aywon Film Corporation](/source/Aywon_Film_Corporation)
| released       = {{film date|1922|11|11}}
| runtime        = 50 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = [Silent](/source/Silent_film) (English [intertitle](/source/intertitle)s)
}}
'''''Back Fire''''' is a 1922 American [silent Western film](/source/silent_Western_film) directed by [Alan James](/source/Alan_James) and starring [Jack Hoxie](/source/Jack_Hoxie), [Florence Gilbert](/source/Florence_Gilbert), and [Lew Meehan](/source/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](/source/Jack_Hoxie) as 'Lightning' Carson
* [Florence Gilbert](/source/Florence_Gilbert) as Betty Hampton
* [Lew Meehan](/source/Lew_Meehan) as Sheriff Baxter
* [William Gould](/source/William_Gould_(actor)) as Steve Rollins
* [Zalla Zarana](/source/Zalla_Zarana) as Juanita Rollins 
* [Milton Ross](/source/Milton_Ross) as Marshal
* [Poke Williams](/source/Poke_Williams) as Deputy Hess Collins
* [William Berke](/source/William_Berke) as Henchman Latigo
* [Bert Rollins](/source/Bert_Rollins) as Henchman Buck
* [George Sowards](/source/George_Sowards) as Jim Hampton
* [Nellie Anderson](/source/Nellie_Anderson) as Mrs Hampton
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==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

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