| Fighting Mad | |
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| Directed by | Edward LeSaint |
| Written by | J. Grubb Alexander Fred Myton |
| Starring | William Stowell Helen Gibson Hector Dion |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Fighting Mad is a 1917 American silent Western film directed by Edward LeSaint and starring William Stowell, Helen Gibson and Hector Dion. [1]
According to a film magazine, [2] "The tale begins with the appearance of the preacher and his bride at the camp of Arapahoe Flats. "Doc" Lambert, as the divine is called, takes a small cabin. The gambler, "Clean-up" Carter, is shot in a row over the card table and taken to the minister's cabin. Here he recovers his strength and entices Lambert's wife to leave her home.
The wife is about to become a mother and such is her general depression that she agrees to leave the mining camp. Later she returns, after being deserted by the gambler, and falls on the roadside. She is taken into a cabin by Faro Fanny, the gambler's dance-hall friend, and dies after the birth of her child. "Doc" Lambert comes to the cabin after his wife's death and is so angered by the turn of events that he almost loses his reason. He leaves the child on a doorstep and begins wandering about the country, hating and despising everything but the cur dog that goes with him.
Years later Lambert, now a confirmed drunkard, returns to his camp. A young girl named Lily befriends the dog when it is injured and wins Lambert's confidence. "Clean-up" Carter and his friend reappear and the former takes a fancy to Lily. The girl is saved from him and Lambert, after recognizing West, shoots and kills him. Lambert experiences a return to his former self-respect and also discovers Lily is his daughter."