Short film
The Driftin' Kid
1921 · 20 min
A brief, simple silent Western that ambles through a lonely drifter's small hopes and a sudden violent turn.
- Directed by
- Albert Russell
- Genres
- Western
- Starring
- Hoot Gibson, Gertrude Olmstead, Artie Ortego
- Overview
- A "drifting" cowpuncher tries to find a place where he can be happy, but never actually succeeding.
- How it feels
- Measured and fine in the background.
- About
- Isolation, love, violence
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Albert Russell
- Genres
- Western
- Starring
- Hoot Gibson, Gertrude Olmstead, Artie Ortego



