Synopsis
A young man befriends the last surviving Civil War veteran, intending to rob him of $50,000.
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A World War I veteranβs dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when heβs falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.
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