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The Man Who Was Afraid (1917)

The Man Who Was Afraid poster
Directed by
Fred E. Wright
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man struggles with fear during a time of conflict between the United States and Mexico. The story follows his personal journey against a backdrop of national tension.

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What happens

The Man Who Was Afraid è un film muto del 1917 diretto da Fred E. Wright e prodotto dalla Essanay di Chicago. La sceneggiatura di H. Tipton Steck si basa su un racconto di Mary Brecht Pulver apparso su The Saturday Evening Post di cui non si conosce la data certa di pubblicazione, ambientato in un periodo di guerra e tensioni tra Stati Uniti e Messico. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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