| The Bearcat | |
| Director: | Edward Sedgwick |
| Starring: | Hoot Gibson |
| Cinematography: | Charles E. Kaufman |
| Distributor: | Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
| Runtime: | 50 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent English intertitles |
The Bearcat is a 1922 American silent Western film, now considered lost.[1] It was directed by Edward Sedgwick and featured Hoot Gibson in the lead role.[2]
As described in a film magazine,[3] The Singin' Kid rides into town after a brief sojourn south of the border where he had been hiding because of an unjust charge. While employed as a "runner" on a ranch where he discovers a plot to mulct his employer. He frustrates the plan, exposes a trick that attempted to railroad him into jail, and discloses the worthlessness of Archer Aitken, lover of the ranch owner's daughter Alys May.