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The Barrier (1937)

The Barrier poster
Directed by
Lesley Selander
Genre
adventure film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man in the Alaskan wilderness faces danger from outlaws and the harsh landscape. He must protect a woman and his claim against those who want to take everything from him.

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What happens

The Barrier is a 1937 American western adventure film directed by Lesley Selander and starring Leo Carrillo, Jean Parker and James Ellison. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on the 1908 novel The Barrier by Rex Beach. The story was previously filmed by MGM as a silent film of the same title in 1926. Location shooting took place in Mount Rainier National Park in Washington. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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