Craig Norton, a young well-to-do rancher, returns from a holiday in the city to clear his foreman and friend of the charge of cattle rustling and is himself implicated and pursued by the sheriff's posse. His friend also suspects Craig of double-crossing him with Polly, his sweetheart.


Is A Man Four-Square worth your time in an era of high-octane digital Westerns? Short answer: Yes, but only if you value the raw, unvarnished physicality of the silent era over modern narrative complexity.This film is strictly for those who want to see the DNA of the American Western before it became self-aware and cyn...

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"Is A Man Four-Square worth your time in an era of high-octane digital Westerns? Short answer: Yes, but only if you value the raw, unvarnished physicality of the silent era over modern narrative complexity.This film is strictly for those who want to see the DNA of the American Western before it became self-aware and cynical. It is not for viewers who require fast-paced dialogue or complex moral ambiguity, as the lines between hero and villain are drawn with a very thick brush.The Direct Verdict1)..."
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