The Fighting Edge

1926 film

January 8, 1926 (1926-01-08)

Running time

70 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (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]

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

Kenneth Harlan as Juan de Dios O'Rourke
Patsy Ruth Miller as Phoebe Joyce
David Kirby as Gilette
Heinie Conklin as Chuck
Pat Hartigan as Taggert
Lew Harvey as Bailey
Eugene Pallette as Simpson
Pat Harmon as Hadley
William A. Carroll as Mr. Joyce

References

^ "The Fighting Edge (1926) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
^ Hal Erickson. "Fighting Edge (1926) - Henry Lehrman". AllMovie. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
^ "The Fighting Edge". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
^ 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, 2023 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.