Betty Reed, a young blind child, is the only witness when mine owner Roger Pitney is murdered, but mistakenly identifies Sid Allen, her benefactor, as the killer. Some years later her sight is restored, and she goes back to the mining town where the murder occurred.
In the annals of classic cinema, few films manage to balance the heft of moral inquiry with the pulse of a taut thriller as deftly as *Dynamite Allen*. Directed with a sure hand by Thomas F. Fallon, this 1920s-era drama is a masterstroke of narrative economy, using its modest runtime to explore the corrosive effects...
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" In the annals of classic cinema, few films manage to balance the heft of moral inquiry with the pulse of a taut thriller as deftly as *Dynamite Allen*. Directed with a sure hand by Thomas F. Fallon, this 1920s-era drama is a masterstroke of narrative economy, using its modest runtime to explore the corrosive effects of industrial greed and the redemptive power of clarity—both literal and metaphorical. At its core lies the plight of Betty Reed, a young girl of extraordinary sensitivity playe..."
Thomas F. Fallon
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