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The Squaw Man

Rating6.3 /10
19311 h 47 m
United States
439 people rated

Henry, Earl of Kerhill has inherited his family's title and wealth while his cousin James Wingate is forced to survive as a relatively low-ranking military officer. Wingate is in love with Henry's wife Lady Diana Kerhill, but his love is unfulfilled despite a mutual affection between them. When Henry embezzles the regiment's charitable fund, Wingate takes the blame in order to protect his family's name and to avoid implicating Lady Diana in the scandal. Wingate migrates to the United States and takes over the ownership of a a ranch in Montana. Wingate starts a feud with the local bootlegger Cash Hawkins over a land dispute, and he also has to face a corrupt sheriff working for Hawkins. The Native American woman Naturich (who is in love with Wingate) saves Wingate's life twice and personally kills Hawkins. Wingate marries Naturich and has a son with her. A few years later, Henry is mortally wounded in a hunting accident. He clears Wingate's name with a deathbed confession of his old crime. Lady Diana and her friend Sir John Applegate track down Wingate to Montana and inform him that he can safely return to the United Kingdom. Wingate decides to send his son to England, where he can attend the finest schools and eventually inherit the earldom. Naturich is miserable that her son is taken from her against her wishes, and shortly after learns that the sheriff finally has enough evidence to arrest her for Hawkins' murder. She commits suicide while holding a hand-crafted wooden horse which she had created for her beloved son. The story ends with Wingate holding his wife's body in her final moments.

Drama
Western

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Master KG

29/05/2023 21:20
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King Bobollas

18/05/2023 09:22
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AsHish PuNjabi

16/11/2022 12:33
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Sarkodie

16/11/2022 01:43
This is the worst film that DeMille ever made ( at least those that I saw). It is boring, and simply does not work as a Western ( the Coca Cola placement came to mind). Perhaps if the scenes in England were cut and more Lupe Velez were shown I would like it better? Speaking of Lupe although she played an Indian (Naturich), she looks more gypsy then anything else, but she was much better then anyone else. Especially Warner Baxter who was better as a Mexican ( In Old Arizona) then an Englishman in this movie ( sort off like William Powell in 'The Key' does not work). Although I am no fan of this movie, it is worth watching because of Lupe Velez and because all three of his ( DeMille) movies at MGM ( Dynamite and Madam Satan are the others) are rarely shown.3 of 10 stars.

Bini D

16/11/2022 01:43
Considering that this film was made in 1931, it sure looks more like a silent film with words rather than a more modern looking film. In 1931 we had films like "Frankenstein", "Cimarron", "Mata Hari", "City Lights", "Dracula", "M", "Public Enemy", "Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde", and "Monkey Business". All of these films had better acting, camera work and better use of sound, and they all had a more modern script. "The Squaw Man" was the third filming of the play, all of them by Cecil B. DeMille. The play was written in 1905 and starred future famous silent film cowboy William S. Hart. It ran for nearly a year and was revived several times, then spawned a novel. But all 3 versions held steady to the Victorian plot, and even by 1931 it seems dated.
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