The Texan

The Texan (1920) is a western film directed by Lynn Reynolds rated 9.0/10.

Tex Benton, riding across the country, sees a turtle, catches a jack rabbit and tests out the old fable of the tortoise and the hare; when the rabbit wins, Tex vows to model his behavior on that style. In a border town, he rescues an Indian, "Bat," and the two become friends. In Wolfville, Tex enters a rodeo. Meanwhile, a stalled Eastern train carries Alice Marcum, the girl Tex decides he wants. Tex competes with an Easterner for the girl's attentions, but Tex, the "hare," loses to the Eastern tenderfoot, the "tortoise." Tex then concludes that he is not the marrying kind.

Cast

Tom Mix

Tex Benton

Gloria Hope

Alice Marcum

Charles K. French

Wolf River Mayor

Sid Jordan

Jack Purdy

Bob Walker

Winthrop Endicott

Pat Chrisman

'Bat,' a Half-breed