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The Narrow Trail

1917 · 68 min Western
5.0 / 10 · TMDB

Ice Harding, outlaw, tames a wild horse and names it King. Ice and his gang hold up a stagecoach and encounter San Francisco vice king Bates and his innocent niece Betty Werdin. Ice is taken with the young woman, but at first she sees nothing in him. But she begins to come around when her uncle tries to swindle Ice, and the outlaw himself undergoes a change of course under the influence of the girl.

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Year 1917
Country United States of America
Genre Western
Director William S. Hart
Runtime 68 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.0/10 (1 votes)

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The film constructs a classic redemption-through-love narrative, relying on the contrast between the untamed wilderness, embodied by the wild horse, and the civilizing power of pure affection. It explores this theme with the concise, expressive chase and duel shots characteristic of early Westerns.

What lingers after the viewing is not the action, but the internal struggle of a man at the crossroads between law and lawlessness. The film leaves one with the feeling of a simple, yet sincere moral fable. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: William S. Hart

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