Film

Fighting Mad

1917 · 50m · Western · Drama

Doctor Lambert takes his wife west to a mining town, where he can both minister and doctor. His wife is not happy and upon discovering she is pregnant, runs away with a gambler. He soon dumps her, and she comes back and dies giving birth to a baby girl. Lambert, out of his mind with rage, leaves the baby on a doorstep and vows to never have faith again. He returns to the mining town fifteen years later a drunkard. He meets young, kind Lily Sawyer and is greatly impressed by her compassionate nature. Meanwhile, the gambler has returned and decides to abduct Lily, but his partner recognizes Lambert and tells him Lily is his daughter. He kills the gambler before he can harm Lily and soon his faith returns.

William Stowell

Doctor Lambert

Helen Gibson

Mary Lambert

Hector Dion

Clean-Up West

Betty Schade

Faro Fanny

Alfred Allen

Eldorado Smith

Mildred Davis

Lily Sawyer

Millard K. Wilson

Frank Baxter (as M.K. Wilson)

• Edward LeSaintDirector
• Fred MytonScreenplay
• J. Grubb AlexanderScreenplay

Release date

November 18, 1917

Status

Released

Original language

xx

Runtime

50m

Genres

Western, Drama

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