Born Reckless (1930)
Directed by John Ford / Andrew Bennison
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan
This drama is set during the mid Twenties when gangsters were a bit more genteel than their 1930s counterparts. Based on a true story, it profiles the experiences of a young gangster who, after getting caught during a robbery is given a choice: he can either go to prison or join the military and fight. He chooses the military. There he becomes a hero. But when he returns home, he immediately returns to gangster life. Trouble ensues when he falls for an aristocratic woman with a daughter. Their happiness is interrupted by an old enemy who kidnaps the girl. The protagonist successfully saves the girl and kills his enemy.
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bad-guy-turns-good, choices, conflict, courage, criminal, forbidden-love, gangster, high-society, kidnapping, love, military, prison, rescue, robbery, underworld, victim, war
