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The Scarlet Drop (1918)

The Scarlet Drop poster
Directed by
John Ford
Genre
silent film, Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Rated
NR
Rating
4.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wandering cowboy gets caught up in a family feud and a mining dispute. He must choose between helping the woman he loves and staying out of trouble.

old-fashionedrusticstirringstraightforwardearnestaction-drivenclassic

What happens

The Scarlet Drop is a 1918 American silent Western film directed by John Ford and featuring Harry Carey. The film was known through truncated copies only until January 2024, when a complete version was discovered in Chile. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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