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The Lady Fights Back (1937)

The Lady Fights Back poster
Directed by
Milton Carruth
Genre
action film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 01m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman takes on dangerous criminals after they threaten her business. She uses her wits and courage to fight back and protect what is hers.

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What happens

The Lady Fights Back is a 1937 American action film directed by Milton Carruth and written by Brown Holmes and Robert T. Shannon. It is based on the 1937 novel Heather of the High Hand by Arthur Stringer. The film stars Kent Taylor, Irene Hervey, William Lundigan, Willie Best, Joe Sawyer, and Paul Hurst. The film was released on October 1, 1937, by Universal Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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