
Synopsis
After a man kills two members of his Yukon gold prospecting team, the other two surviving members struggle to keep him subdued for the next several months until they can turn him over to the law.
- Director
- Lev Kuleshov
- Writers
- Lev Kuleshov, Viktor Shklovskiy
- Original title
- По закону
- Original language
- Russian
- Countries
- Soviet Union
- Production
- Sovkino
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