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The Squaw Man
UNITED STATES · 1918

The Squaw Man

Cecil B. DeMille
false accusation exile and escape cross-cultural romance nobility and class frontier adventure
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Synopsis

Framed for embezzlement, an English nobleman flees to America, eventually finding romance in Wyoming with a young Native-American. This is the 1918 remake of the 1913 original, the first feature length Hollywood film. It is considered to be a lost film with only one reel still extant.

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