Lance Pool, a decorated Native American soldier who recently recieved the Medal of Honor, returns home to his tribe's land after the Civil War only to discover that his people are being victimized by Verne Coolan, a crooked lawyer. Coolan is master manipulator, using completely legal means to seize the fertile tribal land,, turning the population against the tribes as a way to get what he wants. With the law unable to grant justice to the Native Americans, Lance becomes a renegade, intent on righting the wrongs of the imperialistic white men. Anthony Mann's revisionist western, Devil's Doorway, is an incredibly poignant study of racial discrimination that marked a turning point among Hollywood Westerns. A film heavily influenced by Mann's Noir aesthetic, Devil's Doorway is one of the most visually impressive Westens, effectively creating tension through visual cues alone. An intelligent script that is unquestionably ahead of its time, Devil's Doorway was one of the first films to not blindly paint the white man as a protagonist, offering a much more in-depth analysis of morality. Aesthetic and Intellectualism aside, Devil's Doorway is a tense, action-packed experience that is sure to entertain as much as it stimulates the mind.
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