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By the Law

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IMDB ID: tt0017271

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After a man kills two members of his Yukon gold prospecting team, the other two surviving members struggle to keep him subdued for the next several months until they can turn him over to the law. Based on Jack London's 'The Unexpected' (1905).

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Alexandra Khokhlova

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Vladimir Fogel

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Pyotr Galadzhev

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Porfiri Podobed

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Fred Forell

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Sergei Komarov

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Lev Kuleshov

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Viktor Shklovskiy

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Lev Kuleshov

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Jack London

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