A silent-era revenge tale where justice wears a hard hat and carries a grudge.
A gambler shoots a man in self defense and receives a prison sentence. Upon release, he disguises as a mining engineer and pursues revenge on the judge who sentenced him.
Direction
Tom Forman directs himself — vanity project or vision? You decide.
Production
Mining-town sets feel surprisingly lived-in for Poverty Row quickie.
Director
Tom Forman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tom Forman was a matinee idol turned director who died by suicide just three years after this film, making his on-screen disguises feel eerily prophetic.
This barely-surviving print represents the vast iceberg of lost 1920s cinema — most Poverty Row productions vanished entirely.
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