After a long career, a retired sheriff in the old west is forced to defend himself against war crime allegations from the civil war. Dividing the town and discrediting his legacy.
Type:
Feature
Status:
For sale
Page Count:
90pp
Genre:
Western
Budget:
Independent
Age Rating:
17+
Synopsis/Details
After serving his town as sheriff for twenty-five years Harlo retires. A few months into his retirement two men arrive from the war tribunal looking to take Harlo back to Washington to face trial for war crimes. The new sheriff delays their departure with Harlo waiting for the district judge to rule on the legality of the papers. Harlo's friend the look preacher (and lawyer), Samuel comes to defend him. The town is divided. Harlo maintained the law and made the town safe. But some people that lost family in the civil war cannot look past the allegations. There is a third group that believes that if Harlo has to die, he should be allowed to die in the town he loved and be buried with his late wife.

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The Writer: Craig Griffiths

I am a writer of features that are very tone and character focused. I write characters and let them inform plot. I have a few short films out on the web. Search Youtube for me and you should find "Blood Brother" and "The change in me". IMDB is where you can find details of my features released and in production. I have a books on Amazon including "Writing Screenplays with Intelligence" and "Logline". Writing Screenplays with Intelligence is a set of tools I used in my career as an intelligence analyst and how they can be used to develop characters and write screenplays. Logline is a great set of tools and things to consider when writing a logline or a script. I have a YouTube channel… Go to bio
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