The Fighting Legion | |
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 |
Cinematography: | Ted D. McCord |
Editing: | Fred Allen |
Studio: | Ken Maynard Productions Inc. |
Distributor: | Universal Pictures |
Runtime: | 74 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | Sound film (Part-Talkie) English Intertitles |
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.[1] [2] [3]
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