Beyond All Odds

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Beyond All Odds
Directed byAlan James
Written byAlan James
Produced byTheodore Henderson
StarringEileen Sedgwick
Production
company
Distributed byChesterfield Pictures
Release date
  • June 15, 1926 (1926-06-15)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Beyond All Odds is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Alan James and starring Eileen Sedgwick.[1]

Betty Mason (Eileen Sedgwick) seeks revenge in the murder of her brother, Dan (Theodore Henderson), as well as the kidnapping of her finance.[2]

"Girl avenges death of brother and abduction of sweetheart by killing villains instrumental in causing both crimes." -- Motion Picture News Booking Guide, 1926[3]

Themes

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Unlike many classic Westerns, especially of the silent era, this film displays the female lead as the hero, who avenges both the death of her brother and the kidnapping of her finance by killing those responsible for both crimes.[4][2]

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