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The Way of the Strong

192861 minUnited States
DramaCrime
Video edition
Wikimedia Commons
Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs
58:20
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · Frank Capra · Public domain

Synopsis

A bootlegger shelters a woman who has fallen on hard times. Her place in his life becomes dangerous when a rival gang challenges his business, pulling a private relationship into a violent struggle for control.

Cast

DirectorsFrank Capra

Historical context

One of Frank Capra's early Columbia productions, the film combines a criminal setting with a melodramatic relationship. It predates the better-known sound films through which the director developed his public reputation.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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