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Director
  
Jack Conway

Story by
  
Peter B. Kyne

Country
  
United States

2.2/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Adventure, Drama

Duration
  

Language
  
Silent English intertitles

Release date
  
February 26, 1927 (1927-02-26)

Based on
  
The Understanding Heart  by Peter B. Kyne

Writer
  
Joseph Farnham (titles), Peter B. Kyne (novel), Edward T. Lowe Jr. (adaptation), Edward T. Lowe Jr. (screenplay)

Genres
  
Silent film, Drama, Adventure Film, Indie film, Black-and-white

Cast
  
Joan Crawford
(Monica Dale),
Carmel Myers
,
Francis X Bushman - Jr
,
Rockliffe Fellowes

Similar movies
  
Joan Crawford appears in The Understanding Heart and Twelve Miles Out

The Understanding Heart is a 1927 American silent adventure drama film directed by Jack Conway and stars Joan Crawford in an early leading role. The film was adapted for the screen by Edward T. Lowe, Jr. from the novel of the same name by Peter B. Kyne.

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Synopsis

Forest ranger Bob Mason (Fellowes) kills a man in self-defense. Kelcey Dale (Carmel Myers), to whom Bob is attracted, commits perjury and causes him to be convicted for murder. Bob escapes and is sheltered by Kelcey's sister, Monica Dale (Crawford).

Cast

  • Joan Crawford - Monica Dale
  • Rockliffe Fellowes - Bob Mason
  • Ralph Bushman - Tony Garland
  • Carmel Myers - Kelcey Dale
  • Richard Carle - Sheriff Bentley
  • Jerry Miley - Bardwell
  • Harvey Clark - Uncle Charlie
  • References

    The Understanding Heart Wikipedia
    The Understanding Heart IMDb