The Hurricane Kid

1925 film

January 25, 1925 (1925-01-25)

Running time

6 reelsCountryUnited StatesLanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Hurricane Kid is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Hoot Gibson. It was produced and released by Universal Pictures.^[1]^[2]

Plot

As described in a review in a film magazine,^[3] the Hurricane Kid (Gibson) falls in love with one young woman after another. When he breaks his arm, Joan (Nixon) takes him to her father Colonel Langdon's (Mackley) ranch. Foreman Lafe Baxter (Steele) is jealous, and the Kid whips him in a fist fight for insulting Joan. The Colonel and ranchman Hezekiah Potts (Todd) stage a horse race and bet their ranches. The Kid tames Pal, a wild mare of great speed which the Colonel had captured and then turned loose, and the Kid wins the race on that horse. Joan, who has mocked him for playing the gallant, now relents.

Cast

Hoot Gibson as The Hurricane Kid
Marian Nixon as Joan Langdon (credited as Marion Nixon)
William Steele as Lafe Baxter (credited as William A. Steele)
Arthur Mackley as Colonel Langdon (credited as Arthur Machley)
Violet La Plante as Joan's Friend
Harry Todd as Hezekiah Potts
Fred Humes as Jed Hawks

Preservation

A print of The Hurricane Kid is listed as being held by the Danish Film Institute.^[4]

References

^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Hurricane Kid
^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Hurricane Kid at silentera.com
^ Sewell, Charles S. (January 3, 1925). "The Hurricane Kid; Hoot Gibson Stars in Vigorous Universal Western Production". The Moving Picture World. 72 (1). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co.: 58.
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Hurricane Kid