Exclusive Rights is a 1926 American silent crime film directed by Frank O'Connor and starring Gayne Whitman, Lillian Rich, and Gaston Glass.

[1][2] Released by Preferred Pictures, the film was written by Eve Unsell and based upon the short story "Invisible Government" by Jerome N.

[3] In the race for governor, Stanley Wharton emerges as a staunch opponent of Al Morris, a powerful figure controlling both criminals and politicians behind the scenes.

To achieve this, Morris orchestrates a scheme to frame Wharton's war comrade, Mack Miller, for the murder of Bat Hoover at the Elite Club, a known gang hangout.

In 1924, Will H. Hays of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America issued a set of recommendations dubbed "the Formula" which the studios were advised to heed to maintain morality in their film plots.