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''The Mountie'' (a.k.a. ''The Way of the West'' a.k.a. ''The Ranger'' a.k.a. ''Lawman'') is a 2011 CanadianWestern film directed by S. Wyeth Clarkson, co-written by Clarkson, Charles Johnston, and Grant Sauvé.

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''The Mountie'' (a.k.a. ''The Way of the West'' a.k.a. ''The Ranger'' a.k.a. ''Lawman'') is a 2011 CanadianWestern film directed by S. Wyeth Clarkson, co-written by Clarkson, Charles Johnston, and Grant Sauvé.
Sauvé, and starring Andrew Walker, Creator/JessicaPare, Earl Pastko, and Creator/GeorgeBuza.
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* JobTitleJobTitle: Both "The Mountie" and ([[MarketBasedTitle depending on the market the film was released]]) "Lawman" both refer to Corporal Grayling's job as a Mounted Police officer.
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* BlemishedBeauty: The beautiful Amethyst deliberately scarred the left side of her face so men would not find her attractive anymore. She spends much of the film with the left side of her face covered by a scarf.
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* BlastOut: Sergeant Grayling's attempt to shut down an [[BeastlyBloodsports illegal dog fighting ring]] quickly turns it a shootout that he barely survives.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Grayling first meets Cleora, she is attempt to shoot down the body of the mountain man, which is hanging from a tree branch. He takes the rifle from and uses it to ShootTheRope, cutting the mountain man down. Later, Cleora will save Grayling from being lynched by performing a similar stunt.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Grayling first meets Cleora, she is attempt attempting to shoot down the body of the mountain man, which is hanging from a tree branch. He takes the rifle from and uses it to ShootTheRope, cutting the mountain man down. Later, Cleora will save Grayling from being lynched by performing a similar stunt.


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* HowWeGotHere: The film opens with Pacheck holding a SawnOffShotgun to Cleora's head and using her as a HumanShield as he calls on Corporal Grayling to surrender. The movie then flashes back, with occasional narration from Cleora, to explain what is going on and how everyone ended up in this situation.
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* TarnishingTheirOwnBeauty: After being raped on the ship to Canada, Amethyst scarred her own face so men would not find her attractive any more
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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The PosthumousCharacter Grayling and Cleroa retrieve from a tree at the start of the film, and whose murder becomes a driving force for Grayling, is only known to the locals as 'the MountainMan'.
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* MountainMan: The PosthumousCharacter known only as '[[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep the Mountain Man]]'. Grayling eventually learns that it was what the Mountain Man had discovered on his expeditions into the mountains that got him killed.


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* PosthumousCharacter: The [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Mountain Man]]. Corporal Grayling discovers Cleora attempting to retrieve his body from a tree as he is riding towards the camp. Grayling helps recover it and bring it back to camp. Finding out who the Mountain Man was and why is killed becomes a big part of Grayling's effort to stamp out corruption and bring law to the region.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Grayling first meets Cleora, she is attempt to shoot down the body of the mountain man, which is hanging from a tree branch. He takes the rifle from and uses it to ShootTheRope, cutting the mountain man down. Later, Cleora will save Grayling from being lynched by performing a similar stunt.

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In 1894, Wade Grayling, an officer of the North-West Mounted Police arrives in a remote and lawless settlement in the Yukon territory. As he faces his guilt over his past that led to his disgrace in a Chinese opium den the previous year, Grayling finds himself facing off against a ruthless band of Russian and American criminals.

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In 1894, Wade Grayling, an officer of the North-West Mounted Police Police, arrives in a remote and lawless settlement in the Yukon territory. As he faces his guilt over his past that led to his disgrace in a Chinese opium den the previous year, Grayling finds himself facing off against a ruthless band of Russian and American criminals.


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* HatOfAuthority: Along with his scarlet tunic, Corporal Grayling wears the distinctive 'lemon-squeezer' hat of the Mounties as a symbol of his authority. Although it is badly battered, he is very attached to the hat, and takes care to retrieve it after he uses it as an OutfitDecoy. At the end of the film, [[spoiler:he rides back into Merci sporting a spiffy new Mountie hat, to go with the reinstated sergeant's stripes on his sleeve]].

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