An orphan (Richard Barthelmess) is adopted by Major Buford (Claude Gillingwater) is educated in Lexington and joins the Union Army as a Captain. He rediscovers his childhood sweetheart (...
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| Richard Barthelmess | ... | Chad Buford | |
| Molly O'Day | ... | Melissa Turner | |
| Nelson McDowell | ... | Old Joel Turner | |
| Martha Mattox | ... | Maw Turner | |
| Victor Potel | ... | Tom Turner | |
| Mark Hamilton | ... | Dolph Turner | |
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William Bertram | ... | Caleb Haazel |
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Walter P. Lewis | ... | Old Tad Dillon (as Walter Lewis) |
| Gardner James | ... | Daws Dillon | |
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Ralph Yearsley | ... | Tad Dillon |
| Gustav von Seyffertitz | ... | Nathan Cherry | |
| Robert Milasch | ... | The Circuit Rider | |
| Claude Gillingwater | ... | Major Buford | |
| David Torrence | ... | General Dean | |
| Eulalie Jensen | ... | Mrs. Dean | |
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An orphan (Richard Barthelmess) is adopted by Major Buford (Claude Gillingwater) is educated in Lexington and joins the Union Army as a Captain. He rediscovers his childhood sweetheart (Molly O' Day) and after his adopted father dies in the civil war, he gives up his inheritance in Kentucky for the girl he loves and moves back to be to his real birthplace to be with her.
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Primitive loves, primitive hates, mountain madness, blood feuds- all in this soul-stirring drama of the Kentucky hills. (Print Ad- Aspen Times, ((Aspen, Colo.)) 8 March 1929) See more »Parents Guide:
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8 April 1928 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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