{{short description|1921 film}} {{Use American English|date=September 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Tangled Trails | image = Tangled Trails FilmPoster.jpeg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Charles Bartlett | producer = Neal Hart (producer) | writer = Charles Bartlett (story)<br />Charles Bartlett (scenario) | starring = Neal Hart<br />Violet Palmer | cinematography = Jacob A. Badaracco | studio = Neal Hart Productions | distributor = William Steiner Productions | released = {{Film date|1921|12| }} | runtime = 56 minutes | country = United States | language = Silent<br />English intertitles }} thumb|thumbtime=1|upright=1.5|''Tangled Trails'' '''''Tangled Trails''''' is a 1921 American silent Western film directed by Charles Bartlett and starring Neal Hart and Violet Palmer. The film is also known as '''''Sands of Sacrifice'''''.
==Plot== As described in a film magazine,<ref name="Herald">{{cite journal |title=Reviews: ''Tangled Trails'' |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=14 |issue=2 |page=51 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=New York City |date=January 7, 1922 |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald14exhi}}</ref> Corporal Jack Borden (Hart) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is assigned to arrest Phil Lawson (Roseman), a crooked mine promoter, on suspicion of murder. Discarding his uniform, Jack follows Phil to New York City and overtakes him just in time to rescue a stenographer from Lawson's clutches. Lawson escapes and, with Jack on his trail, foes to an underworld retreat. Jack overtakes him and is victorious in another battle, but the promoter escapes again. Still on his trail, Jack follows his man back to Canada where, after several fistfights, he finally captures Lawson and sent to pay for his crimes. Jack is finally able to return to his wife Milly (Palmer), from whom he has been long separated.
==Cast== * Neal Hart as Cpl Jack Borden * Violet Palmer as Milly * Gladys Hampton as Blanche Hall * Jean Barry as Mrs Hall * Jules Cowles as The Stranger * Edward Roseman as Phil Lawson * John Lowell as Granger (uncredited)
==Survival status== Copies of ''Tangled Trails'' survive and the film has been released on DVD.<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/T/TangledTrails1921.html Progressive Silent Film List: ''Tangled Trails''] at silentera.com</ref>
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==External links== {{commons category|Tangled Trails}}
* {{IMDb title|id=0012739|title=Tangled Trails}} * {{Internet Archive film|id=SandsofSacrifice| name=Tangled Trails}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tangled Trails}} Category:1921 films Category:1921 Western (genre) films Category:1921 crime films Category:1921 romance films Category:American action films Category:American black-and-white films Category:Films directed by Charles Bartlett Category:Articles containing video clips Category:Films about the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Category:American silent Western (genre) films Category:1921 American films Category:Films set in New York City