Bucking Broadway is a 1917 American western film directed by John Ford
probably his sixth feature film.
Long thought to be lost, along with about 60 of Ford's 70 silent films, it was found in 2002
in the archives of the CNC (the French National Center for Cinematography).
It was subsequently restored and digitized and is available on the website of Europa Film Tresures
under the title A l'Assaut du boulevard.
Harry Carey once again starring as Cheyenne Harry, but also
as the producer of this movie
User Review
Great Early Ford
3 March 2005 | by bartman_9 (Belgium)
Display MoreFarm hand Cheyenne Harry (Harry Carey), is engaged to Helen, his boss' daughter.
When a rich trader from the city arrives, he charms her off her feet and whisks her away.
Poor Helen soon learns that them city folk ain't decent (this is a red-state-movie)
and it's up to Cheyenne and his buddies to set things straight.
It could have been a run-of-the-mill, dime-a-dozen comedy western but Ford's mastery is ever present,
using deep focus composition in the wide landscape shots, or striking chiaroscuro lighting
in the romantic scenes, proving that he never learned to be a great director: he was one right from the start.