When Reverend Robert Henley and his sister Faith arrive in the town of Hell's Hinges, saloon owner Silk Miller and his cohorts sense danger to their evil ways. They hire gunman Blaze Tracy to run the minister out of town. But Blaze finds something in Faith Henley that turns him around, and soon Silk Miller and his compadres have Blaze to deal with.
Acting
William S. Hart's smolder — silent film's first true antihero.
Cinematography
Shadowy saloons that actually look like hell's actual hinges.
Direction
Swickard stages chaos with surprising visual clarity.
Director
Charles Swickard
William S. Hart
Blaze Tracy
Clara Williams
Faith Henley
Jack Standing
Rev. Robert 'Bob' Henley
Alfred Hollingsworth
Silk Miller
Robert McKim
A Clergyman
J. Frank Burke
Zeb Taylor
Louise Glaum
Dolly
John Gilbert
Rowdy Townsman (uncredited)
Jean Hersholt
Bartender (uncredited)
Fritz the Horse
Tracy's horse (uncredited)
Bob Kortman
Rowdy Townsman (uncredited)
Wheeler Oakman
Rowdy Townsman (uncredited)
Leo Willis
Rowdy Townsman (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
William S. Hart insisted on moral complexity in Westerns, basically inventing the 'good bad man' archetype that Eastwood would ride for decades.
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