Battling Bates

Battling Bates is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by Webster Cullison and starring Edmund Cobb, Florence Gilbert and Ashton Dearholt.^[1]

Battling Bates
Directed by	Webster Cullison
Written by	Daniel F. Whitcomb
Produced by	Ashton Dearholt
Starring	Edmund Cobb Florence Gilbert Ashton Dearholt
Production company	Ashton Dearholt Productions
Distributed by	Arrow Film Corporation
Release date	December 15, 1923 (1923-12-15)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Plot

Fred Porter is U.S. Secret Service agent on the trail of a gang of outlaws.

Entering a cattle community as a stranger, Porter rescues a young rancher from an ambush. It seems that a jealous woman, rejected by the ranger who has been wooing another in town, has sent her henchmen out to kill him.

The culprits happen to be members of the same gang that Porter has been tracking.^[2]

Cast

• Edmund Cobb as Fred Porter
• Florence Gilbert
• Ashton Dearholt