The Bugle Call

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The Bugle Call

"Meet Jackie as a boy bugler at a remote army post in the days on Indian warfare."

1927

1h 0m

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Tale of a young bugler whose stepmother attempts to supplant the mother who only lives in his memory.

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8 featured cast members

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Jackie Coogan

Billy Randolph

Claire Windsor

Alice Tremayne

Herbert Rawlinson

Capt. Randolph

Tom O'Brien

Sgt. Doolan

Harry Todd

Cpl. Jansen

Nelson McDowell

Luke

Sarah Padden

Luke's Wife

Johnny Mack Brown

Bit (uncredited)

Creative team

Directed by: Edward Sedgwick
Written by: C. Gardner Sullivan
Josephine Lovett

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