When a Woman Strikes
The Melodramatic Sensation Of The Season
1919 · 50m · Passed
Drama, Western
Directed by
Roy Clements
Overview
A story of the West in the days when the sheriff was more powerful than the mayor or governor. It tells of the sacrifices made by a sister for a brother and the virile, big-hearted nature of a stage-driver who is made sheriff and solves a mystery that hangs over the lives of two innocent people.
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