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The Secret Man (1917)

The Secret Man poster
Directed by
John Ford
Genre
Western film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Rated
NR
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent Western about a man with a secret past. He gets involved with a community and has to confront his own history.

silentold-fashionedsimplestarklonelyearnestslow-paceddusty

What happens

The Secret Man is a 1917 American silent Western film, directed by John Ford and featuring Harry Carey. Two of the five reels of the film survive at the Library of Congress film archive. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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