Contrary to the description in some film reference books, there is not a serious moment throughout the five reels of The Grey Vulture. Ken Maynard plays a cowboy daydreaming of the age of chivalry and being the knight, "Sir Arthur of the Grey Vulture," who rescues the "Lady Beatrice" when she is abducted by villainous varlets. His daydreaming gets him fired from the ranch and his first attempt to come to the aid of a lady in distress ends up with the sheriff in hot pursuit. Ken's second attempt turns out much better, when he stops a runaway stagecoach and rescues a bevy of gorgeous girls on their way with Hazel Deane to her father's ranch. All is not well at that ranch, where the foreman is scheming with the lawyer to run off the cattle but Hazel overhears them and they kidnap her. Ken, true to his fantasy, dashes to the rescue and after a breakneck chase vanquishes the foreman and his men. When Ken is finally in one place long enough for the sheriff to catch him up to him, that officer realises that he has nothing criminal with which to charge him.
In this early, low budget Western Ken Maynard was having lots of fun as the daydreaming hero, aided by Fred Burns as the sheriff and Sailor Sharkey as the ranch foreman. He and Tarzan were on fine form in the chase scenes and the girls were very fetching in their bathing suits. They were played by The Hollywood Beauty Sextette, who were worked into all of Maynard's Davis features as eye candy. Australian beauty, Hazel Deane, also appeared in Westerns with Neal Hart and Bob Custer during a short-lived career.
In this early, low budget Western Ken Maynard was having lots of fun as the daydreaming hero, aided by Fred Burns as the sheriff and Sailor Sharkey as the ranch foreman. He and Tarzan were on fine form in the chase scenes and the girls were very fetching in their bathing suits. They were played by The Hollywood Beauty Sextette, who were worked into all of Maynard's Davis features as eye candy. Australian beauty, Hazel Deane, also appeared in Westerns with Neal Hart and Bob Custer during a short-lived career.