Stand Up and Fight is a 1939 film directed by directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starring Wallace Beery and Robert Taylor. The supporting cast includes Florence Rice, Helen Broderick, Charles Bickford, Barton MacLane, Charley Grapewin, and John Qualen. Playwright Jane Murfin and novelists Harvey Fergusson and James M. Cain shared screenwriting credit.
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Plot
Blake Cantrell, an aristocrat from Maryland and a well-groomed cynic, uses his organized hunt to announce his imminent bankruptcy. In order to pay off his debts, Blake is forced to sell even his slaves, instead of freeing them, which causes the disapproval of his guest Susan Griffith. Later in the evening, when he tries to seduce a girl, she bumps him back and leaves the mansion urgently. However, Blake is also forced to leave his home, since it was sold to cover his debts. He arrives to Cumberland to get a job at his father's old friend, Colonel Webb, the head of the Baltimore-Ohio railroad construction. He offers him to spy on Starkey, the head of a competing shipping company, but Blake refuses. In the evening of the same day, Blake is jailed for a fight.
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Cast
- Wallace Beery as Starkey
- Robert Taylor as Blake Cantrell
- Florence Rice as Susan Griffith
- Helen Broderick as Mandy Griffith
- Charles Bickford as Mr. Arnold (Morgan)
- Barton MacLane as Mr. Crowder
- Charley Grapewin as "Old Puff"
- John Qualen as Davy
- Robert Gleckler as Sheriff Barney
Helen Broderick was the mother of Broderick Crawford.
Box office
According to MGM records, the film earned $1,233,000 in the US and Canada and $607,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $183,000.
References
External links
- Stand Up and Fight at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Stand Up and Fight on IMDb
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