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The Testing Block (1920)

The Testing Block poster
Directed by
Lambert Hillyer
Genre
Western film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1 min
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A lone cowboy must prove his worth through a series of trials. The film follows a quiet and determined man as he faces challenges in a harsh frontier setting.

old-fashionedruggedmelodramaticsentimentalslow-pacedlonesomestern

What happens

The Testing Block is a 1920 American silent Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring William S. Hart, Eva Novak, J. Gordon Russell, Florence Carpenter, Richard Headrick, and Ira McFadden. It was written by Lambert Hillyer and William S. Hart. It was released on December 26, 1920, by Paramount Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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