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UNITED STATES · 1920

The Jack-Knife Man

King Vidor
Classical Hollywood guardianship aging social prejudice parental love community judgment
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Synopsis

A dying mother left his child with an old man, but the village people want to take the child away from him because he is too old.

Year1920
CountryUnited States
DirectorKing Vidor
MovementClassical Hollywood
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