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The Fighting Legion (1930)

The Fighting Legion poster
Directed by
Harry Joe Brown
Genre
action, western, romance, adventure
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 14m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A cowboy tries to protect a woman and a valuable piece of land from outlaws who want to steal it. There are chases, fights, and some talking scenes mixed with music and sound effects.

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What happens

The Fighting Legion is a 1930 American pre-Code part-talkie sound film Western film directed by Harry Joe Brown and written by Bennett Cohen and Leslie Mason. While the film has a few talking sequences, the majority of the film featured a synchronized musical score with sound effects. The film stars Ken Maynard, Dorothy Dwan, Harry Todd, Frank Rice, Ernie Adams, and Stanley Blystone. The film was released on April 6, 1930, by Universal Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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