The Combat (1926 film)

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The Combat
Directed by Lynn Reynolds
Written by
Produced by Carl Laemmle
Starring
Cinematography Charles J. Stumar
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • March 28, 1926 (1926-03-28)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Combat is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Lynn Reynolds and starring House Peters, Wanda Hawley, and Walter McGrail. [1]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, [2] two-fisted lumberjack Blaze Burke is made boss of Jerry Flint's logging camp and proceeds to eliminate an opposition gang of huskies led by Red McLaughlin. Double-crossed by Milton Symmons, he takes the latter's prospective bride Alice Childers to a lonely cabin. Trailed by McLaughlin, they fight with McLaughlin falling over a cliff to his death. Blaze restores Alice to Milton. Subsequently he saves Alice from a forest fire but Milton perishes in it. In the end, Blaze wins the affections of Alice.

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References

  1. Munden, Kenneth W., ed. (1997) [1971]. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press. p. 140. ISBN   0-520-20969-9.
  2. Pardy, George T. (February 20, 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: Combat", Motion Picture News, 33 (8), New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc.: 914, retrieved March 22, 2023PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .