Chase of Death is a 1949 English language short film directed by Irving Allen. It has been nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Subject, Two-Reel. Two-Reel. This film has been widely considered to be a LOST film. A copy has been located and verified as held in the archives of the Bibliotheque du Film, in Paris, France.
Jack Garrett interrupts a stagecoach holdup where he meets Fuzzy (The town's stagecoach driver, station agent, baggage agent, and sheriff) and banker Jim Thorn.
The Jewel Land Company of Elko, Texas is selling Government land to settlers. Before any of the settlers can claim their land, they are being killed by McCabe's gang.
In this remake of and using stock-footage from 1941's "Arizona Cyclone," Tex is a daredevil freight-line driver who, with the aid of his pals Smokey and Deuce, wipes out the crooked rival line, and has enough time left over, from this shorts' twenty-six minutes , to toss in four songs.
A disfigured woman is helped by a talented composer to recover her face with plastic surgery. Then he discovers that she's a beautiful woman and a talented singer.
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