The Lady Fights Back

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The Lady Fights Back
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Milton Carruth
Screenplay by
Based onHeather of the High Hand
by Arthur Stringer
Produced by Edmund Grainger
Starring
Cinematography Milton Krasner
Edited by Paul Landres
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • October 1, 1937 (1937-10-01)
Running time
61 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Lady Fights Back is a 1937 American action film directed by Milton Carruth and written by Brown Holmes and Robert T. Shannon. It is based on the 1937 novel Heather of the High Hand by Arthur Stringer. The film stars Kent Taylor, Irene Hervey, William Lundigan, Willie Best, Joe Sawyer, and Paul Hurst. The film was released on October 1, 1937, by Universal Pictures. [1] [2] [3]

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Plot

The plot follows Power company worker Owen Merrill as goes into Muskalala River to make surveys for a dam site, when the head of Muskalala Salmon Club Heather McHale finds out about his intentions, she decides to stop him from building the dam.

Cast

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