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The Fighting Cheat

Feb 11, 1926

0h 50m

★ 0.0

Overview

A drifter befriends wounded outlaw Lafe Wells. Having promised to deliver a sack of gold to the man's family, Wales promptly falls for the daughter of the house.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Action Pictures

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Cast

Wally Kenyon (as Wally Wales)

Hal Taliaferro

Ruth Wells

Jean Arthur

Mrs. Wells

Fanny Midgley

Jud Nolan

Slim Whitaker

Cook

Al Taylor

Lafe Wells

Ted Rackerby

Doctor

V.L. Barnes

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