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The Black Rider of Tasajara (1917)
Short | Short, Drama

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The Black Rider of Tasajara (1917)

Short | Short, Drama

The Black Rider of Tasajara is holding up the overland stage. When the stage arrives at Tasajara Inn the proprietor, Amos Durston, offers a five thousand dollar reward for the bandit's capture. The following day Durston calls upon the ...See moreThe Black Rider of Tasajara is holding up the overland stage. When the stage arrives at Tasajara Inn the proprietor, Amos Durston, offers a five thousand dollar reward for the bandit's capture. The following day Durston calls upon the Kings to pay his respects to Roger King's daughter. Aunt Harriet, a spinster sister, is alarmed over the bandit's operations and turns over a valuable necklace to Durston to be forwarded to a city bank for safe-keeping during her visit to the Los Alamos ranch. Durston invites the Kings to spend a few days as his guests at the Tasajara Inn. They accept. As the stage leaves on its return trip Madge determines to follow it on the chance of picking up a clue to the identity of the Black Rider, her father and Larry Kerwin, a visitor from the East, follow her, fearing for her safety. Madge stops to fix her saddle girth and when she overtakes the stage learns that it has been held up. Aunt Harriet's necklace was a part of the Black Rider's booty. She gets a glimpse of the highwayman ahead. He waits and shoots Madge's horse. Recovering from her spill, Madge is found by her father and Larry and they return to the inn more determined to outwit the bandit. Durston expresses anxiety over Madge's recklessness and warns her not to attempt single-handed the capture of the Black Rider. Wild Bill, a bit the worse for liquor, tries to shoot up the town, but Durston rushes out and disarms him. As he does so, Aunt Harriet's necklace falls to the ground. Wild Bill is locked up. Madge is not so sure of his guilt. She has picked up a striped stocking fashioned into a mask that the bandit dropped the day before and decides to do a bit of sleuthing. Next day, when it becomes known that Wild Bill has escaped, a posse is made up to scour the mountain trails for him. Durston, King and Larry ride off in one direction and at a certain point they separate. Larry's horse returns to the inn riderless and Madge, alarmed for his safety, rides out to investigate. She finds Larry tied to four stakes. Out of nowhere the Black Rider appears to threaten Madge and Larry. Just at that instant the other searchers come into view and when the bandit starts to run he is surrounded. Madge tears the mask and false beard from his face. It is Durston, the wealthy innkeeper, his confession follows and then his sudden extinction as a bullet speeds from a nearby thicket into his heart. Wild Bill is vindicated. Madge King is the heroine of the hour. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
Marin Sais Madge King Madge King See fewer	Mysteries of the Grand Hotel (1915)
Robert N. Bradbury The Black Rider (as Ronald Bradbury) The Black Rider (as Ronald Bradbury) See fewer	The Lucky Texan (1934)
Edward Clisbee Actor Actor See fewer	The Boer War (1914)
Helen Dunbar Actress (as Mrs. Dunbar) Actress (as Mrs. Dunbar) See fewer	Siege (1925)
Edward Hearn Actor Actor See fewer	As No Man Has Loved (1925)
Frank Jonasson Madge's Father Madge's Father See fewer	Merton of the Movies (1924)