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6.8/10   133 votes
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Writers:
Rex Beach (novel)
Walter Woods (adaptation)
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Release Date:
21 July 1928 (USA) more
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Plot:
A WWI vet takes on the KKK when he loses his wife to a womanizing Klansman. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Thomas Meighan ... Leslie Hatten
Evelyn Brent ... Rose Henderson
Renée Adorée ... Catharine
Alan Roscoe ... Lon Henderson
Gardner James ... Marvin Swallow
Helen Foster ... Jessie Peebles
Luke Cosgrave ... Judge Peebles
Cyril Chadwick ... Anderson
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Runtime:
72 min (2004 alternate version)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Anachronisms: Although the story takes place immediately after World War I (1918-1919), all of Evelyn Brent's and Helen Foster's clothes are strictly in the 1928 short skirt mode, completely out of place in the time frame of the story. more
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The Mating Song more

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14 out of 17 people found the following review useful.
Fantastic Film Restoration, 15 December 2004
10/10
Author: Draconian Clown from USA

This movie is a unique glimpse into the culture of the period. One outstanding item is the depiction of a clan-type organization who acts more as a community secret police (seriously flawed in their self-righteous and heavy handed rule) in general than as a specifically racist group. I had always heard about this being their main historic role because in many parts of the country where these groups existed, there were simply not sufficient numbers of minorities around to pick on and by their nature these groups had to pick on someone.

The film's treatment of sexuality seems far more erotic just in the suggestion of nudity and intimate touching than today's practice of "anything goes" sexual contact and the full nudity of multi-millionaire, artificially enhanced actors. I know old-timers and conservatives have been saying this for years but seeing this movie proves the point.

I was so interested in the acting that I really didn't care about the plot. Also, the film is so well restored that it is almost in 3-D.

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