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The Trail of the Law (1924)

The Trail of the Law poster
Directed by
Oscar Apfel
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 04m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man faces a conflict tied to respecting the law in a rural setting. The story follows his choices as he deals with the people around him.

old-fashionedstraightforwardearnestquietrestrainedsimpleclassicmelodramatic

What happens

The Trail of the Law is a 1924 American silent film directed by Oscar Apfel and starring Wilfred Lytell, Norma Shearer and John P. Morse. A print exists at the BFI National Archive. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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