| The Crimson Challenge | |
| Director: | Paul Powell |
| Producer: | Adolph Zukor |
| Screenplay: | Vingie E. Roe Beulah Marie Dix |
| Starring: | Dorothy Dalton Jack Mower Will Walling Howard Ralston Clarence Burton George Field Beulah Dark Cloud |
| Cinematography: | Harry Perry |
| Studio: | Famous Players–Lasky Corporation |
| Distributor: | Paramount Pictures |
| Runtime: | 50 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent English intertitles |
The Crimson Challenge is a lost[1] 1922 American silent Western film directed by Paul Powell and written by Vingie E. Roe and Beulah Marie Dix. The film stars Dorothy Dalton, Jack Mower, Will Walling, Howard Ralston, Clarence Burton, George Field, and Beulah Dark Cloud. The film was released on April 2, 1922, by Paramount Pictures.[2] [3]
As described in a film magazine,[4] Tharon Last (Dalton) is the daughter of Jim Last (Walling), the last man who led the settlers of the valley against the oppression of Basil "Buck" Courtrey (Campeau), whose rustlers terrorized the community. Courtrey admires Tharon, the only woman of the valley that he considers fit to be his mate, and murders her father to deprive her of his protection. Tharon swears revenge and becomes leader of the settlers, which results in a long struggle with many fights.