Directed by John Ford
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
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Ford's earliest feature film is the stereotypical story of a range war between ranchers and farmers in the American west. The innocent farmers are threatened and harassed until eventually one of them is shot in the back by a member of the rancher's gang. Harry Carey is "Cheyenne Harry", a character he would play in many of Ford's earliest films, an outlaw bandit on the side of the ranchers, until he realizes it's the wrong side and decides to change his ways. He has a memorable shoot out on a dusty street, where he walks straight at the camera for an extreme close up of his permanent scowl. Later, he joins the farmers for their final stand against the ranchers, winning the hand of the girl in the process.
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