| The Arizona Sweepstakes | |
| Director: | Clifford Smith |
| Producer: | Carl Laemmle |
| Based On: | a story by Charles Logue |
| Starring: | Hoot Gibson |
| Cinematography: | Harry Neuman |
| Distributor: | Universal Pictures |
| Runtime: | 6 reels |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Arizona Sweepstakes is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and starring Hoot Gibson. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures.[1] [2]
As described in a film magazine review, a cowboy who goes to a city and is embroiled in a number of gang fights narrowly escapes going to prison on a false charge of manslaughter. He escapes and hurries home to enter a horse race on the outcome of which, he learns, depends the financial future of the man whose daughter he loves. A detective arrives to arrest him, but he evades capture and rides to victory in the race.
With no prints of The Arizona Sweepstakes located in any film archives,[3] it is a lost film.