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The Narrow Trail

1917·US
Director: William S. Hart, Lambert Hillyer
Western
The Silent West

Ice Harding, outlaw, tames a wild horse and names it King. Ice and his gang hold up a stagecoach and encounter San Francisco vice king Bates and his innocent niece Betty Werdin. Ice is taken with the young woman, but at first she sees nothing in him. But she begins to come around when her uncle tries to swindle Ice, and the outlaw himself undergoes a change of course under the influence of the girl.

Ice Harding, outlaw, tames a wild horse and names it King. Ice and his gang hold up a stagecoach and encounter San Francisco vice king Bates and his innocent niece Betty Werdin. Ice is taken with the young woman, but at first she sees nothing in him. But she begins to come around when her uncle tries to swindle Ice, and the outlaw himself undergoes a change of course under the influence of the girl.

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Cast

William S. Hart

William S. Hart

Ice Harding

Sylvia Breamer

Sylvia Breamer

Betty Werdin

M

Milton Ross

'Admiral' Bates

Bob Kortman

Bob Kortman

Moose Holleran

Fritz the Horse

Fritz the Horse

King -Harding's horse

Crew

Harvey F. Thew

writer

Joseph H. August

cinematographer

William S. Hart

writer

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