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Sky High(1922)
Status: Released
Date: 1922-01-15
56%
16 Votes
Time: 1h 0m
A THRILLING AND ROMANTIC STUNT PICTURE
Overview:
A government agent investigates a ring that is smuggling Chinese aliens across the border from Mexico. His investigation takes him to the Grand Canyon. He finds a dazed girl wandering around who has become separated from her companions and is lost. He and the girl are soon found by her companions - the smuggling ring!
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United States of America
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Movie: Sky High
Top 10 Billed Cast
Tom Mix
Grant Newbury
J. Farrell MacDonald
Jim Frazer (as J. Farrel MacDonald)
Eva Novak
Estelle Halloway - his ward
Sid Jordan
Andrew Bates (as Sidney Jordan)
William Buckley
Victor Castle
Art Mix
Man Who Starts Saloon Fight (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Bartender (uncredited)
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A government agent investigates a ring that is smuggling Chinese aliens across the border from Mexico. His investigation takes him to the Grand Canyon. He finds a dazed girl wandering around who has become separated from her companions and is lost. He and the girl are soon found by her companions - the smuggling ring!
Release Date
1922-01-15
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Rating:
2.8 startsTagline
A THRILLING AND ROMANTIC STUNT PICTURE
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