The Canyon of Light is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and written by John Stone and William Conselman. It is based on the story "The Cañon of Light" by Kenneth Perkins published in Argosy, March 6-April 3, 1926. The film stars Tom Mix, Dorothy Dwan, Barry Norton, Ralph Sipperly, Will Walling and Carmelita Geraghty. The film was released on December 5, 1926, by Fox Film Corporation.

Plot

During World War I, Ricardo Deane is killed fighting for the American Expeditionary Forces on the Western Front. After the war, Deane's family invites his friend Tom Mills to their ranch on the Mexico–United States border. However, Mills discovers that Deane's brother-in-law Ed Bardin is working as a bandit and disguising himself as Mills. After the gang is apprehended, Mills and Ricardo's widow Concha fall in love.

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Cast

Tom Mix as Tom Mills

Dorothy Dwan as Concha Deane

Barry Norton as Ricardo Deane

Ralph Sipperly as Jerry Shanks

Will Walling as Cyrus Dean

Carmelita Geraghty as Ellen Bardin

Carl Miller as Ed Bardin

Duke R. Lee as Joe Navardo

Tony the Horse as Tony

References

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1926 films

1926 Western (genre) films

Fox Film films

Films directed by Benjamin Stoloff

American black-and-white films

Silent American Western (genre) films

Western Front (World War I) films

American World War I films

Films set in Mexico

1920s English-language films

1920s American films

English-language Western (genre) films

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