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''Fighting Fate'' is a 1925 American silent
sports film A sports film is a film genre in which any particular sport plays a prominent role in the film's plot or acts as its central theme. It is a production in which a sport or a sports-related topic is prominently featured or is a focus of the plot. D ...
directed by
Albert S. Rogell Albert S. Rogell (August 21, 1901 – April 7, 1988) was an American film director who was born in Oklahoma City and died in Los Angeles. Rogell directed more than a hundred movies between 1921 and 1958. He was known for an aggressive directing ...
and starring Billy Sullivan, Nancy Deaver, and Tom McGuire.


Plot

As described in a film magazine review, Damon Squires, aspiring lightweight boxer, broke while visiting a small town, resents an insult made to Sally O'Leary by a chap whom he knocks down. The latter turns out to be champion boxer Cyclone Winters. A boxing match is arranged with him, but Damon is doped by a bribed trainer and loses the fight. Sally, whose father runs a restaurant, still believes in Damon. Damon obtains proof that he had been double-crossed. In a second match he knocks Winters out, winning the championship and the affection of Sally.


Cast

* Billy Sullivan as Damon Squires - The Fighter * John Sinclair as Pythias - The Manager * Nancy Deaver as Sally O'Leary - The Girl * Tom McGuire as Danny O'Leary * Phil Salvadore as Cyclone Winters - The Opponent * William Buckley as Glen Morgan *
Ford West Ford West (born Crawford Jennings West; March 27, 1873 – January 3, 1936) was an American actor and vaudeville performer. He appeared in numerous silent and early sound films, including Sherlock Jr. (1924), Steamboat Bill, Jr (1928). Before tra ...
as Lew Muggins


References


Bibliography

* Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.


External links

* 1925 films 1920s sports films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films American boxing films American black-and-white films Rayart Pictures films Films directed by Albert S. Rogell 1920s American films Silent American sports films English-language sports films {{1920s-US-film-stub