Tom is a vagabond and crook, who ingratiates himself and two pals with a rich lumberman by means of a stolen letter of introduction. The atmosphere of clean living arouses a desire in him to go straight, so that instead of robbing the old man as they had planned, he tries to dissuade the other two.
Robert N. Bradbury
United States
Tom Santschi’s creased face—half boxcar, half cathedral—carries the entire parable of 1921’s The Impostor as though the film stock itself were tattooed on his jawline. The picture opens on a hobo jungled under trestle shadows; moonlight drips like mercury across stolen stationery. That single purloined letter become...
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" Tom Santschi’s creased face—half boxcar, half cathedral—carries the entire parable of 1921’s The Impostor as though the film stock itself were tattooed on his jawline. The picture opens on a hobo jungled under trestle shadows; moonlight drips like mercury across stolen stationery. That single purloined letter becomes both skeleton key and Pandora’s lid, unlocking a lakeside domain of white pine and Protestant rectitude. Bradbury, who would later refine outdoor morality plays in The Man from L..."
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