The Lady Fights Back

1937 film

Brown Holmes
Robert T. Shannon

Based onHeather of the High Hand
1937 novel
by Arthur StringerProduced byEdmund GraingerStarring

Kent Taylor
Irene Hervey
William Lundigan
Willie Best
Joe Sawyer
Paul Hurst

CinematographyMilton KrasnerEdited byPaul LandresMusic byCharles Previn

Production
company

Universal Pictures

Distributed byUniversal Pictures

Release date

October 1, 1937 (1937-10-01)

Running time

61 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

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.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot

The plot follows Power company worker Owen Merrill as goes into Muskalala River to make surveys for a dam site, when the head of Muskalala Salmon Club Heather McHale finds out about his intentions, she decides to stop him from building the dam.

Cast

Kent Taylor as Owen Merrill
Irene Hervey as Heather McHale
William Lundigan as Doug McKenzie
Willie Best as McTavish
Joe Sawyer as Swede Jannsen
Paul Hurst as Maloney
Chick Chandler as Steve Crowder
Ernest Cossart as Commissioner Allan
Si Jenks as Villager with Automobile
Gerald Oliver Smith as Sir Daniel McAndrews

References

^ "The Lady Fights Back (1937) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
^ Hal Erickson. "The Lady Fights Back (1937) - Miton Carruth". AllMovie. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
^ "The Lady Fights Back". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved September 1, 2018.