Code of the Wilderness is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by David Smith and starring John Bowers, Alice Calhoun, and Alan Hale.
During the group's journey, a ranch foreman named Rex Randerson helps them ford a stream.
He informs her that it's normal to hang cattle thieves, and she orders such punishment no longer take place on the Flying W. Uncle Jepson and Randerson learn of Masten and Hagar's affair.
Meanwhile, Ruth learns that Chavis (the straw boss of the ranch) and an outlaw accomplice are the cattle thieves.
The hit goes awry and, as Kelso lies dying from Randerson's gunshot, he reveals that Masten hired him.
Moving Picture World magazine reported the film was well received by Los Angeles critics.
The publication quoted the Los Angeles Express review, writing that the film was "a considerably entertaining opus for those who like this [genre].
There is not quite as much blood and thunder in it as there is in the usual run of the great-open-spaces pictures, but the exciting moments which do occur satisfactorily replace revolver barrages.