Riders of the Purple Sage (1918 film)

Riders of the Purple Sage
Advertisement (1918)
Directed byFrank Lloyd
Written byFrank Lloyd
Starring
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • 1918 (1918)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Riders of the Purple Sage is a 1918 American silent Western film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring William Farnum, Mary Mersch, and William Scott. The film is about a former Texas Ranger who goes after a group of Mormons who have abducted his married sister. This Frank Lloyd silent film was the first of five film adaptations of Zane Grey's 1912 novel.