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Movie poster: 'Blue Blazes' Rawden (1918)
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'Blue Blazes' Rawden

1918 · 51 min Western Drama
5.7 / 10 · TMDB

Rawden, a lumberjack in the North woods, fights with crooked dance hall owner 'Ladyfingers' Hilgard over the affections of Babette DuFresne. Hilgard is killed. When Hilgard's mother and younger brother arrive in the remote logging town, Rawden attempts to ease their suffering by creating the fiction that Hilgard had been a well-loved man who died naturally. But when young Eric Hilgard learns the truth of his brother's death, he comes gunning for Rawden.

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Year 1918
Country United States of America
Genre Western, Drama
Director William S. Hart
Runtime 51 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.7/10 (3 votes)

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The film constructs a classic western against the unusual backdrop of northern lumber camps, relying on a conflict between honor and deception as its narrative engine. It explores the contrast between the harsh realities of logging life and the fragile fiction of a noble death.

What lingers after viewing is the tense moral quandary and the palpable sense of impending violence in the snowy wilderness. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: William S. Hart

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Best viewed on a cold evening, immersed in the stark, wintry isolation of the logging camp setting.

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