The Combat (1926 film) explained

The Combat is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Lynn Reynolds and starring House Peters, Wanda Hawley, and Walter McGrail.^[1]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, two-fisted lumberjack Blaze Burke is made boss of Jerry Flint's logging camp and proceeds to eliminate an opposition gang of huskies led by Red McLaughlin. Double-crossed by Milton Symmons, he takes the latter's prospective bride Alice Childers to a lonely cabin. Trailed by McLaughlin, they fight with McLaughlin falling over a cliff to his death. Blaze restores Alice to Milton. Subsequently he saves Alice from a forest fire but Milton perishes in it. In the end, Blaze wins the affections of Alice.

Cast

• House Peters as Blaze Burke
• Wanda Hawley as Alice Childers
• Walter McGrail as Milton Symmons
• C.E. Anderson as Red McLaughlin
• Charles Hill Mailes as Jeremiah 'Jerry' Flint
• Steve Clemente as Halfbreed
• Howard Truesdale as Sheriff

Notes and References

1. Book: 1997 . Munden . Kenneth W. . The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1 . . 1971 . 140 . 0-520-20969-9 .