''The Fighting Shepherdess'' is a 1920 American

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directed by

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and written by Frank Mitchell Dazey. It is based on the 1919 novel ''The Fighting Shepherdess'' by

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. The film stars

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, Walter Long,

Eugenie Besserer Eugenie Besserer ( – May 29, 1934) was a French-American actress who starred in silent films and features of the early sound motion-picture era, beginning in 1910. Her most prominent role is that of the title character's mother in the first ...

and John Hall. The film was released on March 1, 1920, by First National Exhibitors' Circuit.

Plot

Cast

as Kate Prentice *

as Hughie *

as Mormon Joe * Walter Long as Pete Mullendore *

as Jezebel *John Hall as Tetters *

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as Bowers *Calvert Carter as Mayor *Billie DeVail as Banker *

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as Beth *Ben Lewis as Lingle *Will Jeffries as The Engineer

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* 1920 films Silent American romance films 1920s romance films First National Pictures films Films directed by Edward José Films directed by Millard Webb American silent feature films American black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920 Western (genre) films English-language Western (genre) films English-language romance films {{1920s-Western-film-stub