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The Cradle of Courage

192050 minUnited States
Drama
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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs
64:45
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Synopsis

Military service changes a former criminal's expectations of life after the war. Encouraged by a fellow veteran, he joins the police on returning home. The new uniform requires him to confront members of his old gang, making reform a difficult choice between familiar personal loyalties and the responsibilities he has newly accepted.

Cast

DirectorsLambert Hillyer

Historical context

William S. Hart moves from his familiar Western environment into an urban story of postwar reintegration. The veteran's return provides the turning point between criminal experience and public service rather than erasing his connection to the neighbourhood he must police.

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