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A Fighting Heart

Jack Melford, the prize hurdler at a small college, wins a big race and learns immediately afterward that his father is near death. He returns home to find his father dead and himself penniless, his father having left everything to Dr. Dehli, the foreign specialist who treated him. Jack later discovers that the same Dr. Dehli is caring for Julia Cunningham, the aunt of his orphaned sweetheart, Rae Davis. Jack eventually exposes the doctor as a charlatan, revealing Dehli's plans to hypnotize Rae's aunt and force her to disinherit the girl. Jack also rounds up the crooks who worked with Dehli, winning for himself the love of Rae and the gratitude of her aunt.

Top Cast

  • Frank Merrill

    Frank Merrill

    Jack Melford

  • Margaret Landis

    Margaret Landis

    Rae Davis

  • Milburn Morante

    Milburn Morante

    Cloudy Day

  • Otto Lederer

    Otto Lederer

    Dr. Logan

  • Alphonse Martell

    Alphonse Martell

    Dr. Dehli

  • May Sherman

    May Sherman

    Julia Cunningham

  • Cathleen Calhoun

    Cathleen Calhoun

    Blanche Renault

Overview

Jack Melford, the prize hurdler at a small college, wins a big race and learns immediately afterward that his father is near death. He returns home to find his father dead and himself penniless, his father having left everything to Dr. Dehli, the foreign specialist who treated him. Jack later discovers that the same Dr. Dehli is caring for Julia Cunningham, the aunt of his orphaned sweetheart, Rae Davis. Jack eventually exposes the doctor as a charlatan, revealing Dehli's plans to hypnotize Rae's aunt and force her to disinherit the girl. Jack also rounds up the crooks who worked with Dehli, winning for himself the love of Rae and the gratitude of her aunt.

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