The Fighting Grin

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The Fighting Grin
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Directed by Joseph De Grasse
Written by Robert N. Bradbury
Frank Howard Clark
Charles Kenyon
Starring Franklyn Farnum
Edith Johnson
J. Morris Foster
Cinematography Jack MacKenzie
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • January 28, 1918 (1918-01-28)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

The Fighting Grin is a 1918 American silent comedy Western film directed by Joseph De Grasse and starring Franklyn Farnum, Edith Johnson and J. Morris Foster. [1]

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  1. Langman, Larry (1992). A Guide to Silent Westerns. Greenwood Press. p. 145. ISBN   0-313-27858-X.