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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1250

Wagon Tracks

Synopsis

Desert guide Buckskin Hamilton arrives to meet a wagon party and discovers that his younger brother has been killed. The group he must lead west includes the woman who claims responsibility and the gambler whose actions caused the shooting. The journey gradually exposes the story behind the death.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
68:48
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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Creator:Lambert Hillyer · Public domain

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Historical context

Set in 1850, the Western brings a murder mystery onto the Santa Fe Trail. William S. Hart's guide has to reconcile his responsibilities to the travelers with a personal demand for justice.

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Availability checked on September 15, 2026.

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