The Footlight Ranger is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by Scott R. Dunlap and written by Dorothy Yost.

The film stars Buck Jones, Fritzi Brunette, James Mason, Lillian Langdon, Lydia Yeamans Titus and Henry A. Barrows.

Janet accepts the favors of Al Brownley (Mason), son of the richest man in town, in hopes of getting enough money from him to get back to the New York City.

On the morning the company is set to leave, Brownley appears with the tickets but insists that Janet go for a ride with him first.

He raises enough money selling his three prize dogs to buy tickets for Janet.