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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1556

West of Hot Dog

192430 minUnited States

Synopsis

A tenderfoot travelling to claim an inheritance is robbed before reaching the town. Learning that two outlaws will inherit if he dies gives his new fortune a dangerous condition, and a saloon visit draws him into another robbery.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 30:34
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Scott Pembroke, Joe Rock · Public domain

Cast

Stan Laurel

DirectorsScott Pembroke Joe Rock

Historical context

Stan Laurel parodies the western hero before his partnership with Hardy. The inheritance plot makes the apparently fortunate newcomer a target as soon as he arrives.

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Stan Laurel — Photo by Stax · Public domain

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