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Movie poster: Skyscraper (1928)
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Skyscraper

1928 · 68 min Drama
5.6 / 10 · TMDB

Blondy and Swede are gruff best friends who build skyscrapers. Blondy gets sweet on a girl he saves from a falling beam, Sally, but when he is injured in an accident and temporarily crippled, he rejects her. Swede tries every desperate measure to get Blondy to fight back, to try to walk, even masquerading as stealing Sally away from him.

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Year 1928
Country United States of America
Genre Drama
Director Howard Higgin
Runtime 68 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.6/10 (9 votes)

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The film constructs its drama on a powerful juxtaposition: the fragility of human emotion against the monumental steel of rising skyscrapers. It explores a profound male friendship where desperation manifests as brutal, seemingly cruel intervention.

What lingers after the final frame is the raw, visceral struggle of the human spirit against its own surrender, and the unorthodox lengths true camaraderie will go. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Howard Higgin

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