The Toll Gate - 1920 - 7/10
Hard scrabble western.
Outlaw leader (William S Hart) advises gang the reward for them is too high and they ought to disband.
Not surprisingly, the men opt for one final big score. Train carrying a hefty payroll.
Only the train is packed with lawmen and the Army. The men are cut to pieces - save for the outlaw leader, and the snitch who betrayed his companions.
From here on, the story is one of vengeance.
Slow going, seldom dull, but a moral code - typical of Hart - overlays the tone.
Interesting to observe the clothes, hats, manners, far different from TV Westerns or films from the 40's onward.
Hart is not the easiest of silent stars to watch - Tom Mix is loads more fun, though more rhinestone.
