Lahoma

Lahoma

A picture as warm hearted, as courageous as the pioneers who blazed the the trail is "Lahoma". It is a rugged, healthy story as dramatic in the telling as the careers of the men who made the west.

1920 · 70 min · ★ 10.0 · Western

In Oklahoma, kindhearted outlaw Brick Willock rescues little Lahoma Gledware and her father Henry from certain death at the hands of his outlaw band. In the course of the rescue, he kills Kansas Kimball, the brother of the outlaws' leader Red Kimball, who vows vengeance against Brick. Brick renounces his life of crime, and after Gledware relinquishes custody of his daughter to marry an Indian princess, the old cowboy gives refuge to the little girl, raising her with the help of neighbor Bill Atkins.

Directed by Edgar Lewis

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