# The Fighting Blade
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{{short description|1923 film by John S. Robertson}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Fighting Blade
| director = [John S. Robertson](/source/John_S._Robertson)
| image = Richard Barthelmess as Karl Van Kerstenbroock.jpg
| caption = Film still with [Richard Barthelmess](/source/Richard_Barthelmess)
| screenplay = [Josephine Lovett](/source/Josephine_Lovett) (scenario)
Don Bartlett (titles)
| story = [Beulah Marie Dix](/source/Beulah_Marie_Dix)
| cinematography = [George J. Folsey](/source/George_J._Folsey)
| released = {{Film date|1923|09|10}}
| studio = Inspiration Company
| distributor = [Associated First National Pictures](/source/First_National_Pictures)
| runtime = 9 [reels](/source/reel)
| country = United States
| language = [Silent](/source/Silent_film) (English [intertitle](/source/intertitle)s)
}}
'''''The Fighting Blade''''' is a 1923 American silent [drama film](/source/drama_film) directed by [John S. Robertson](/source/John_S._Robertson) and released by [Associated First National Pictures](/source/First_National_Pictures) in 1923.[[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/F/FightingBlade1923.html Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Fighting Blade''] at silentera.com]
==Cast==
* [Richard Barthelmess](/source/Richard_Barthelmess) as Karl Van Kerstenbroock
* [Dorothy Mackaill](/source/Dorothy_Mackaill) as Thomsine Musgrove
* Lee Baker as Earl of Staversham
* [Morgan Wallace](/source/Morgan_Wallace) as Lord Robert Erisey
* [Bradley Barker](/source/Bradley_Barker) as Watt Musgrove
* [Frederick Burton](/source/Frederick_Burton_(actor)) as [Oliver Cromwell](/source/Oliver_Cromwell)
* Stuart Sage as Viscount Carlsford
* Philip Tead as Lord Trevor
* Walter Horton as Bob Ayskew
* [Allyn King](/source/Allyn_King) as Charlotte Musgrove
* [Marcia Harris](/source/Marcia_Harris) as Joan Laycock
== Censorship ==
Before ''The Fighting Blade'' could be exhibited in Kansas, the Kansas Board of Review required the removal of a close-up of the wedge and blood dripping down an arm.[{{Cite web |title=Kansas Board of Review Movie Index - Kansas Historical Society |url=https://www.kansashistory.gov/statearchives/archives_board_of_reviews/search/film:fighting%20blade/company:/star:/elimination:/begyr:/endyr:/submit:SEARCH |access-date=2026-05-24 |website=www.kansashistory.gov}}]
==Preservation==
A copy of ''The Fighting Blade'' is held by the [UCLA Film and Television Archive](/source/UCLA_Film_and_Television_Archive).[[http://cinema.library.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=9&ti=1,9&Search%5FArg=dorothy%20gish&SL=None&Search%5FCode=GKEY%5E&CNT=50&PID=WTOWegbLsBkr6FF8JI8Ja5hwJGrDC&SEQ=20121126020248&SID=2 UCLA film archive record]]