Bob Custer is a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman who is trailing and looking to put an end to a gang of fur thieves led by J. P.
If you’re looking for a lost masterpiece of the silent era, keep looking. The Law of the Mounted is really only for people who can’t get enough of 1920s B-westerns or anyone who finds the Royal Canadian Mounted Police aesthetic inherently funny. It’s a 1928 programmer that feels like it was shot in about three days, mo...
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"If you’re looking for a lost masterpiece of the silent era, keep looking. The Law of the Mounted is really only for people who can’t get enough of 1920s B-westerns or anyone who finds the Royal Canadian Mounted Police aesthetic inherently funny. It’s a 1928 programmer that feels like it was shot in about three days, mostly because the director, J.P. McGowan, was also playing the villain. It's the kind of movie you put on when you want to see how the genre functioned before it got self-conscious...."
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