The Bugle Call
1927 film by Edward Sedgwick
The Bugle Call is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Jackie Coogan and Claire Windsor, which was released on August 6, 1927.
The Lost Film Files database lists this film as being lost.
Plot
Billy Randalph who is a young bugler on a frontier cavalry post in the mid-1870s, whose stepmother Alice Tremayne attempts to replace his real mother who only lives in his memory.
Cast
Jackie Coogan as Billy Randolph
Claire Windsor as Alice Tremayne
Herbert Rawlinson as Capt. Randolph
Tom O'Brien as Sgt. Doolan
Harry Todd as Cpl.
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