The Fighting Legion

{{short description|1930 film}} {{Use American English|date=October 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Fighting Legion | image = The Fighting Legion poster.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Harry Joe Brown | producer = Ken Maynard | screenplay = Bennett Cohen Leslie Mason | story = Bennett Cohen | starring = Ken Maynard Dorothy Dwan Harry Todd Frank Rice Ernie Adams Stanley Blystone | music = | cinematography = Ted D. McCord | editing = Fred Allen | studio = Ken Maynard Productions Inc. | distributor = Universal Pictures | released = {{Film date|1930|4|6}} | runtime = 74 minutes | country = United States | language = Sound film (Part-Talkie) English Intertitles | budget = | gross = }}

'''''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/74835/the-fighting-legion |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019222117/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/74835/The-Fighting-Legion/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 19, 2015 |title=The Fighting Legion (1930) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=December 26, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/17202/The-Fighting-Legion/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227020358/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/17202/The-Fighting-Legion/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 27, 2015 |title=The-Fighting-Legion - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide |author=Sandra Brennan |date=2015 |accessdate=December 26, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=9026 |title=The Fighting Legion |publisher=Afi.com |date= |accessdate=December 26, 2015}}</ref>

==Plot== After being shot, dying Ranger Tom Dawson gives Dave Hayes his badge. When Dave Hayes arrives at Bowden to turn in the badge, he is mistaken as a Ranger. Suspicious of him, Blake and Bowle tries to put the shooting of Ranger Dawson on Dave Hayes. After fighting the gang led by Blake, Dave Hayes saves Molly and gets sworn in as a Texas Ranger.<ref>{{Citation|title=The Fighting Legion (1930)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020882/plotsummary|access-date=October 16, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/nationalboardofr45nati|title=National Board of Review Magazine|last=National board of review of motion pictures|first=New York [from old catalog|date=1929|publisher=National Board of Review of Motion Pictures|others=MBRS Library of Congress}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?t=6877|title="The Fighting Legion" (1930) Ken Maynard - NitrateVille.com|website=www.nitrateville.com|language=en-gb|access-date=October 16, 2018}}</ref>

==Cast== *Ken Maynard as Dave Hayes *Dorothy Dwan as Molly Williams *Harry Todd as Dad Williams *Frank Rice as Cloudy Jones *Ernie Adams as Jack Bowie *Stanley Blystone as Burl Edwards *J.C. Fowler as John Blake *Robert Walker as Ranger Tom Dawson *Les Bates as Red Hook *Slim Whitaker as Fred Hook *Bill Nestell as Ed Hook

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0020882|The Fighting Legion}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fighting Legion, The}} Category:1930 films Category:1930 English-language films Category:American Western (genre) films Category:1930 Western (genre) films Category:Universal Pictures films Category:Films directed by Harry Joe Brown Category:American black-and-white films Category:1930 American films Category:Part-talkie films Category:English-language Western (genre) films