Black Eagle.

Duration: 8 reels

Year Published: 1948

Format: 35mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Copyright: 30Aug48 L1782, renewed 3Sep75 R612736 Renewal claimant: Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc Original author: Columbia Pictures Corporation

Description: A young hobo becomes involved in a quarrel between a girl rancher and a group of swindlers who have made trouble for her in a horse trade. When one of the horses, Black Eagle, kills a ringleader of the gang, and another outlaw dies under the hoofs of stampeding horses, the hobo is free to return to the open road.

Complete Record: BLACK EAGLE. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1948. 8 reels, sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the story, "The Passing of Black Eagle," by O. Henry [pseud. of William Sydney Porter] Summary: A young hobo becomes involved in a quarrel between a girl rancher and a group of swindlers who have made trouble for her in a horse trade. When one of the horses, Black Eagle, kills a ringleader of the gang, and another outlaw dies under the hoofs of stampeding horses, the hobo is free to return to the open road. Credits: Producer, Robert Cohn; director, Robert Gordon; screenplay, Edward Huebsch, Hal Smith; adaptation, Edward Huebsch; music director, Mischa Bakaleinikoff; film editor, James Sweeney. Cast: William Bishop, Virginia Patton, Gordon Jones, James Bell, Trevor Bardette. © Columbia Pictures Corp.; 30Aug48; LP1782.