Film · Romance, Western

Bucking Broadway (1917)

A ranch foreman battles a rich stockbroker for the affections of a beautiful young woman.

On a ranch in Wyoming, one of the cowboys, Cheyenne Harry (Harry Carey), falls in love with his boss's daughter. But she decides to elope to the city with Captain Thornton, a wealthy visitor to the ranch. She quickly discovers that life in the city is not what she expected. Cheyenne, devastated by the loss of his fiancée, decides to go to the city to find her, and in the end rescues her from the grips of Captain Thornton and from the extravagant and decadent way of life in the city.

Director

John Ford

Writers

George Hively

Country

United States

Language

English

Release date

December 24, 1917