Tangled Trails
About Tangled Trails
Corporal Jack Borden of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, played by Neal Hart, is assigned to arrest crooked mine promoter Phil Lawson (Edward Roseman) on suspicion of murder. Out of uniform, Jack follows him to New York and stops him from assaulting a stenographer. Lawson slips away to an underworld retreat, loses another fight, and escapes again. Jack trails him back to Canada, takes him after several fistfights, and sends him to answer for the crimes. Jack then returns to his wife Milly (Violet Palmer), from whom he has been separated.
Cast & crew
More about Tangled Trails
Charles Bartlett wrote the story and scenario and directed. Neal Hart produced for his own company. William Steiner Productions distributed it. It is also known as Sands of Sacrifice.
Themes
Making
Hart starred in and produced the picture, with Bartlett handling both the script and the direction.
Look
Jacob A. Badaracco photographed the chase from New York back to Canada.
Music
Silent, with English intertitles.
Preservation
Copies survive, and the film has been released on DVD. A print is also on the Internet Archive.
Notes
- The alternate title is Sands of Sacrifice.
- Gladys Hampton plays Blanche Hall and Jean Barry plays Mrs. Hall. Jules Cowles plays a character billed as The Stranger.
- Jacob A. Badaracco was the cinematographer.
- A magazine synopsis of the time describes the New York stenographer rescue and the return to Canada.
- John Lowell appears uncredited as Granger.
- Copies survive, and the film has been issued on DVD.
Scenes
- Jack, in civilian clothes, reaches Lawson in New York in time to pull a stenographer away from him.
- After the trail leads back to Canada, Jack arrests Lawson and goes home to Milly.
Also available
- Internet Archive (SandsofSacrifice)