Ranson's Folly is a 1926 American silent Western film produced by and starring Richard Barthelmess and co-starring Dorothy Mackaill. It is based on a Richard Harding Davis novel and 1904 play, Ranson's Folly, and was filmed previously in 1910 and in 1915 by Edison.
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Cast
Richard Barthelmess as Lt. Ranson
Dorothy Mackaill as Mary Cahill
Anders Randolf as The Post Trader
Pat Hartigan as Sgt. Clancy
William Bailey as Lt. Crosby (credited as William Norton Bailey)
Brooks Benedict as Lt. Curtis
C. C. Smith as Col. Bolland (credited as C.C. Smith USA)
Pauline Neff as Mrs. Bolland
Billie Bennett as Mrs. Truesdale
Frank Coffyn as Post Adjutant
Hans Joby as Judge Advocate (credited as Capt. John S. Peters USN)
Taylor N. Duncan as Capt. Carr (credited as Taylor Duncan)
J. C. Fowler as Col. Patten (credited as Jack Fowler)
Edward W. Bowman as Pop Henderson (credited as E. W. Borman)
Bud Pope as Abe Fisher
Forrest Seabury as Drummer
Chief Eagle Wing as Indian Pete
Chief John Big Tree as Chief Standing Bear
Preservation
A print of Ranson's Folly is in the UCLA Film & Television Archive.