Word: oppressor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...after his release, this virtuous man is mercilessly hounded by Police Inspector Javert. At the summit of every achievement, Valjean is forced to flee from the scene of his good work by the appearance of this symbol of lawful duty, this relentless fury. In the end, he saves his oppressor's life...
...means from which the end inevitably follows. They did not preach murder, but they preached the premises of which murder is the consequence. In Parliament, in the press and in the public speeches, they inculcated hatred of England. They taught that her claims were unjust, that she was the oppressor of Egypt and that all forms of resistance to her would be right and praiseworthy, were they but possible...
...later, when the New York Police Force had managed to quell the open warfare popular in the Bowery, it became the custom for warlike gentlemen imbued with the ideals of liberty and justice to go south and help the ineffective Latin-Americans throw off the yoke of the oppressor. Often enough, these soldiers of fortune ended their romantic careers against an adobe wall, facing a dark-skinned firing squad. More often, after winning battles for one faction or another they found themselves deserted with no alternative but basis retreat to New York...
...master who rescued him from other men's brutality, is graphically and convincingly treated in this film version. Jack Mulhall as the kindly miner never leaves one in doubt as to the heart of gold that throbs beneath his mackinaw. And Walter Long, the would-be oppressor of the helpless, is villainous enough for anyone's taste. There isn't too much snow and for once, for a wonder, the dog-hero, though highly talented, doesn't make one wish for an all-canine cast...