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The Dead Line

The Dead Line

A MAN OF PEACE WITH A LION'S HEART!

1920 · 50 min · ★ 10.0 · Action, Western

Although a feud between the Harlan and Boone families has been raging for years, Mollie Powell, the Harlan's stepdaughter, is secretly in love with Clay Boone. When a young member of the Boone clan is killed during one of the battles, Clay vows that he will never touch a gun again. Branded a coward by the other mountaineers, Clay keeps his oath until Buck Gomery, one of the moonshiners, attacks Julia Weston, the daughter of another moonshiner.

Directed by Dell Henderson · Written by Paul Sloane

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