A mild-mannered boy (Barthelmess) takes his brother’s place delivering the mail, and dealing with a trio of heinous criminals who have moved into their rural community. Filmmaker Henry King out-Griffiths Griffith with his deft, exciting editing and cross-cutting. This was a film which, in Moscow, Eisenstein supposedly wore out studying. Leonard Maltin: "Beautifully crafted Americana. The finale is a rip-roaring piece of storytelling."