The Seventh Bandit

{{short description|1926 film}} {{more citations needed|date=May 2019}} {{Use American English|date=September 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Seventh Bandit | image = The Seventh Bandit (1926) - 1.jpg | caption = Advertisement | director = Scott R. Dunlap | producer = | writer = Arthur Preston Hankins<br />Richard Schayer | starring = Harry Carey | cinematography = Sol Polito | distributor = Pathe Exchange | released = {{film date|1926|4|18}} | runtime = 60 minutes | country = United States | language = Silent (English intertitles) }} '''''The Seventh Bandit''''' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Scott R. Dunlap and featuring Harry Carey.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Harris |first1=Charles W. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gCDgo-uB1OEC&q=%22The+Seventh+Bandit%22 |title=The Cowboy: Six-Shooters, Songs, and Sex |last2=Rainey |first2=Buck |date=1976-07-15 |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |isbn=978-0-8061-1341-8 |language=en}}</ref>

==Plot== As described in a film magazine review,<ref>{{Citation |last=Elliott |first=Frank |author-link= |title=Pre-Release Review of Features: ''The Seventh Bandit'' |journal=Motion Picture News |volume=33 |issue=13 |pages=1421 |date=27 March 1926 |publisher=Motion Picture News, Inc. |location=New York City, New York |url=https://archive.org/details/motionnews33moti/page/n396/mode/1up |access-date=11 April 2023}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> David Scanlona is a former bandit who has forsaken that life and settled down on a quiet little ranch with his brother Paul. With David's blessing, his brother leaves to seek his fortune in the world but loses his life when he is killed by a villainous dance hall proprietor. David, using the name Texas Brady, joins a bandit gang in order to find a man who murdered his young brother. Aided by Doctor Shirley Chalmette, whom David meets during a stagecoach hold-up, he learns that Goring is the man guilty of the murder. There is a terrific battle between David and Goring at the climax of the film in which the murderer is killed and David is blinded. David is then nursed back to health by Shirley and he recovers his sight. He happily weds his "doctoress."

==Cast== * Harry Carey as David Scanlon / Texas Brady * James Morrison as Paul Scanlon * Harriet Hammond as Dr. Shirley Chalmette * John Webb Dillion as Jim Gresham * Trilby Clark as Ann Drath * Walter James as Ben Goring

==Preservation== A fragment of ''The Seventh Bandit'' is held by the BFI National Archive.<ref>[https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.335/ Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''The Seventh Bandit'']</ref>

==See also== * Harry Carey filmography

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category|The Seventh Bandit}} *{{IMDb title|id=0017369|title=The Seventh Bandit}} *[https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2329.htm Lobby card] at scvhistory.com *[https://www.csfd.cz/film/163535-the-seventh-bandit/galerie/fotosky/ Lobby card] at www.csfd.cz

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