The Freeze-Out

Western

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director John Ford

Status Released

Release Date 1921-04-09

Storyline

Into the town of Broken Buckle rides a stranger who threatens to open a new gambling establishment to rival the one operated by Denver Red and Headlight Whipple. The latter's sister, Zoe, who disapproves of her brother's saloon and is the local schoolteacher and owner of a notions store, tries to interest The Stranger in reforming the vice-ridden community.