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Hands Down

1918 · 50 min

A dusty silent Western that moves at a steady, deliberate pace, with a grim edge of greed and mistrust.

Overview
Miner Dan Stuyvesant finally strikes it rich, but on his way to report his claim, he is shot. When Jack Dedlow, the head of a gang of outlaws, hears this news, he rides to Stuyvesant's cabin intending to secure the claim for himself. There the outlaws find Stuyvesant's daughter Hilda, the sweetheart of Tom Flynn, and are about to draw cards for her when Dago Sam pulls out his guns and spirits her out the door. Because Tom is his only friend, Sam determines to protect Hilda from the gang, but when Tom suspiciously questions his intentions toward Hilda, Sam decides to live up to the town's poor opinion of him.

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • greed
    • betrayal
    • loyalty
    • survival
    Places
    • countryside
    • small town
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action4
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism6
    Romance3
    Tension5
    Darkness5
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, western
    Directed by
    Rupert Julian
    Starring
    Monroe Salisbury, W.H. Bainbridge, Ruth Clifford, Rupert Julian, Rita Pickering, Al W. Filson
    Runtime
    50 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    No Language

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