Blind Trail

{{short description|1926 film}} {{Use American English|date=April 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox film | name = Blind Trail | image = Blind Trail poster.jpg | caption = | director = Leo D. Maloney | producer = Adolph Weiss Louis Weiss Max Weiss | writer = Ford Beebe | starring = Leo D. Maloney Josephine Hill Nelson McDowell | cinematography = Tom Malloy | editing = Joseph Kane | studio = Maloford Productions Clarion Photoplays | distributor = Weiss Brothers | released = {{Film date|1926|01|15}} | runtime = 53 minutes | country = United States | language = Silent English intertitles }} '''''Blind Trail''''' (also '''''The Blind Trail''''') is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Leo D. Maloney and starring Maloney, Josephine Hill and Nelson McDowell.<ref>Munden, p. 68</ref><ref>Connelly p.324</ref>

== Plot == Bob Carson and his companion Hank O'Hara are journeying through the western frontier when they stop at a local café. A dispute ensues between them and the nefarious individuals Mort Van Vlack and Al Sinclair. Meanwhile, Alice Bartlett, who has recently lost her parents, arrives in town to settle a debt held by moneylender William Skinner against her late father's ranch. Unbeknownst to her, the note is a forgery orchestrated by Skinner and his associates, Mort and Al. A confrontation arises between Skinner and his accomplices over the division of the ill-gotten gains, resulting in Skinner's demise. Carson, investigating the scene, finds himself implicated in the crime when the Sheriff arrives and apprehends him for the murder.

==Cast== * Leo D. Maloney as Bob Carson * Josephine Hill as Alice Bartlett * Nelson McDowell as Hank O'Hara * Bud Osborne as Mort Van Vlack * Jim Corey as Al Leitz * Al Hart as William Skinner * Whitehorse as The Sheriff * Eva Thatcher as The Cook

==References== {{reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Connelly, Robert B. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=K7tPAAAAYAAJ The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2]''. December Press, 1998. {{ISBN|978-0-913204-36-8}} * Munden, Kenneth White. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=s1k1RsGvFwwC The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1]''. University of California Press, 1997. {{ISBN|978-0-520-20970-1}}

==External links== * {{IMDb title|0016659}}

Category:1926 films Category:1926 Western (genre) films Category:American silent feature films Category:American Western (genre) films Category:Films directed by Leo D. Maloney Category:American black-and-white films Category:1926 English-language films Category:1926 American films Category:English-language Western (genre) films