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The Silent Code
“A SAGA OF THE NORTHWEST MOUNTED POLICE”
6.5 / 10• 1935• 1h 0m•NR• English
Western
Storyline
Northwest Mounted Police Corporal Jerry Hale is assigned to take over the district of a fellow-officer, and is puzzled as he had worked this district before and had been mysteriously transferred, disrupting his romance with Helen Brent, the niece of Peter Barkley, the Factor at the trading post. An accountant of the company Berkley works for threatens to expose him when his account is found $10,000 short. Barkley pleads for more time to raise the money. His opportunity arises when he learns that Helen's father and his brother-in-law, Nathan Brent, has struck it rich and is on his way to visit Helen. Barkley instructs his henchmen Carney and Breen to lie in wait and rob Brent of his gold. Brent has a premonition of trouble and buries his gold, making a map of the location. Barkley is disturbed by the arrival of Corporal Hale and goes to warn his men, and finds them already engaged in the attack on Brent. Brent's dog Wolfgang (played by a dog named Rex, or maybe the other way around)...
Cast & Crew
Kane Richmond
NWMP Cpl. Jerry Hale
Lead
Blanche Mehaffey
Helen Brent
W
Wolfang
Rex, King of Dogs
J.P. McGowan
Commissioner
Joseph W. Girard
NWMP Inspector Manning
Barney Furey
Peter Barkley
Pat Harmon
Henchman Carney
Ben Corbett
Henchman Breen
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Stuart Paton's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Silent Code is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
