Tom's Gang (1927)

"Pals through thick and thin-A man-a boy-a horse-a dog-a clean wholesome picture of sterling friendship, romantic love and thrilling action"

Dave Collins is a young man who is bequeathed a ranch on the condition that he marry the late owner's granddaughter Lucille. But when he arrives at the ranch with young sidekick Spuds in tow, Dave finds that a distant relative of Lucille's, Ray Foster, has taken his place. Foster hires tough Bart Haywood to kill his rival, and soon our hero is hogtied to a handcar in the path of an approaching train.