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Cabin Fever

By Richard Nault

In the silent movie, The Gold Rush, Charlie Chaplin stumbles into the cabin of a prospector which has been taken over by a wanted criminal. The prospector returns and the three begin fighting until they reach an uneasy truce when they become isolated by a blizzard that cuts them off from the rest of the world. Desperate for food they agree that the criminal will go off to find something to eat.

Charlie Chaplin and the prospector are left in the cabin. Hunger and boredom lead to turning on each other until a bear enters the cabin to liven things up and save them fro...