Desc: The Cradle of Courage: Directed by William S. Hart, Lambert Hillyer. With William S. Hart, Ann Little, Tom Santschi, Gertrude Claire. Former crook 'Square' Kelly serves in the First World War. When he returns from the war, one of his comrades-in-arms convinces him to join the police force. But Kelly finds himself confronting the very criminals who made up his old gang.