A Man's Fight

1919 film by Thomas N. Heffron

August 11, 1919 (1919-08-11)

Running time

50 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

A Man's Fight is a lost^[1] 1919 American silent drama film directed by Thomas N. Heffron and starring Dustin Farnum and Lois Wilson.^[2]^[3]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,^[4] wealthy clubman Roger Carr (Farnum) assumes responsibility for a murder for which he believes his sister is guilty. He serves his sentence and returns home only to find that his father will not accept him back as he has besmirched the family name. His sister has entered a convent. He goes west and engages in his profession, mining engineer, soon becoming the leader of the independent miner operators against trust persecution. Here he meets and learns to love a western girl that works as his stenographer. When success is about to crown his efforts, his antagonists discover his prison record and use it against him. Then his sister appears with a signed confession of a butler, formerly in their employ, who told the truth of the murder on his dying bed. This results in a happy ending.

Cast

Dustin Farnum as Roger Carr
Dorothy Wallace as Ethel Carr
J. Barney Sherry as David Carr
Wedgwood Nowell as Norman Evans
Harry von Meter as Jarvis
Lois Wilson as Mary Tompkins
Miles McCarthy as Oliver Dale
Betty Bouton as Avis Dale
Dick La Reno as Logan
Aggie Herring as Mrs. Murphy
Bert Appling as Callahan

References

^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: A Man's Fight
^ Progressive Silent Film List: A Man's Fight at silentera.com
^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: A Man's Fight
^ "Reviews: A Man's Fight". Exhibitors Herald. 9 (10). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 63. August 30, 1919.