The Fighting Edge

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The Fighting Edge
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Directed by Henry Lehrman
Screenplay by Edward T. Lowe Jr.
Jack Wagner
Based onThe Fighting Edge
by William MacLeod Raine
Starring Kenneth Harlan
Patsy Ruth Miller
David Kirby
Heinie Conklin
Pat Hartigan
Lew Harvey
CinematographyAllen Q. Thompson
Edited by Clarence Kolster
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • January 8, 1926 (1926-01-08)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Fighting Edge is a 1926 American silent action film directed by Henry Lehrman and written by Edward T. Lowe Jr. and Jack Wagner. It is based on the 1922 novel The Fighting Edge by William MacLeod Raine. The film stars Kenneth Harlan, Patsy Ruth Miller, David Kirby, Heinie Conklin, Pat Hartigan, and Lew Harvey. The film was released by Warner Bros. on January 8, 1926. [1] [2] [3]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, [4] Joyce, a government agent, is imprisoned by a gang of smugglers in their ranch house along the Mexican boarder. Juan de Dios O'Rourke, another government agent posing as being half-Spanish and living in Mexico, is commissioned to rescue Joyce. He meets Phoebe, Joyce's daughter, who purposefully drives an automobile down a cliff. She feigns unconsciousness following the accident and is carried into the house by the smugglers. Eventually Juan and Phoebe, with the aid of the cook, escape with Joyce to a deserted house. The smugglers follow, but United States troops arrive to save the day. Juan and Phoebe wed.

Cast

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References

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  2. Hal Erickson. "Fighting Edge (1926) - Henry Lehrman". AllMovie. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  3. "The Fighting Edge". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  4. Elliott, Frank (February 20, 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: The Fighting Edge", Motion Picture News, 33 (8), New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc.: 912, retrieved March 21, 2023PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .