Nevada (1927)
August 1, 1927Release Date
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Gary Cooper
Nevada
Thelma Todd
Hettie Ide
William Powell
Clan Dillon
Philip Strange
Ben Ide
Ernie Adams
Cash Burridge
Christian J. Frank
Sheriff of Winthrop
Ivan Christy
Cawthorne
Guy Oliver
Sheriff of Lineville
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Release DateAugust 1, 1927
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 8m
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsArizona, United States of America
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Nevada is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by John Waters and starring Gary Cooper, Thelma Todd, and William Powell. Based on the novel Nevada by Zane Grey, the film is about a former outlaw hired to protect a ranch owner's daughter, which angers the ranch foreman who is in love with the girl. The villainous foreman spreads a rumor of his rival's dark past to the sheriff, and the former outlaw is soon on the run again. Eventually he captures a gang of cattle rustlers led by the foreman, and with his reputation restored, he marries the girl. This lavish Western film was remade in 1944 as a B movie version titled Nevada starring Robert Mitchum—the only time Cooper and Mitchum played the same role; the remake was so early in Mitchum's career that he was billed with "Introducing Bob Mitchum as Jim Lacy."
Nevada still survives in a complete copy, but the film's appearance is not the best, due probably to poor preservation. It is possible to make out scenes, but not as well as other highly restored silent films. This was a very early Western role for Gary Cooper, but his fame in Westerns would be more noticeable in talking pictures. The film's copyright was renewed, and therefore went into the public domain on January 1, 2023.