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'Cross the Mexican Line (1914)

'Cross the Mexican Line poster
Directed by
Wallace Reid
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
20 min
Rated
NR
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A lieutenant gets wounded and captured after crossing the border into Mexico. He is held hostage and his captor's wife falls in love with him while caring for him. She learns he has a fiancee and writes to her asking for help in rescuing him.

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What happens

'Cross the Mexican Line è un cortometraggio muto del 1914 diretto e interpretato da Wallace Reid. Dopo aver attraversato il confine, il tenente Wallace viene ferito, catturato e tenuto come ostaggio all'interno di una hacienda messicana. Viene curato dalla moglie del suo carceriere, che se ne innamora. La donna scopre tuttavia che il tenente ha una fidanzata, Dorothy West, e decide di scriverle per invitarla a salvare il suo amato. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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