Forgettable western yarn in which a good woman halts a shiftless cowboy's drift into a life of crime. Typical Kalem in that it's the female lead who is the protagonist, but little else to distinguish it.
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The Hero Track Walker review
JoeytheBrit20 June 2020
The Accidental Hero
boblipton10 October 2016
When Bill is fired from his job on the ranch, he rescues Alice Joyce from a rampaging cow. When he suggests a spot of train robbing with a half breed, it's up to his two friends to frustrate his plans in this Kalem short movie.
The Eye Institute identifies "Bill" as George Melford, later a distinguished and distinctive movie director, as does an acquaintance who is certain it is Melford. The IMDb is not so sure.
In any case, this movie turns many of the commonly accepted tropes of what movies used to do on their heads. It's the half-breed who is a good guy and it's Miss Joyce who is the action heroine in this movie. Kalem often had their lady stars running and riding about and with this one, Alice Joyce, who in a decade would be playing more conventional heroines, tosses around sticks of dynamite.
The Eye Institute identifies "Bill" as George Melford, later a distinguished and distinctive movie director, as does an acquaintance who is certain it is Melford. The IMDb is not so sure.
In any case, this movie turns many of the commonly accepted tropes of what movies used to do on their heads. It's the half-breed who is a good guy and it's Miss Joyce who is the action heroine in this movie. Kalem often had their lady stars running and riding about and with this one, Alice Joyce, who in a decade would be playing more conventional heroines, tosses around sticks of dynamite.
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