Stand Up and Fight (film)

Stand Up and Fight
	Theatrical Film Poster
Directed by	W.S. Van Dyke
Produced by	Mervyn LeRoy
Written by	James M. Cain, Jane Murfin, Harvey Fergusson, Laurence Stallings
Starring	Wallace Beery; Robert Taylor
Music by	William Axt
Cinematography	Leonard Smith
Edited by	Frank Sullivan
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	1939;
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,055,000[1]
Box office	$1,840,000[1]

Stand Up and Fight is a 1939 film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starring Wallace Beery and Robert Taylor. The supporting cast includes Florence Rice, Helen Broderick, Charles Bickford, Barton MacLane, Charley Grapewin, and John Qualen. Playwright Jane Murfin and novelists Harvey Fergusson and James M. Cain shared screenwriting credit.

Plot

Blake Cantrell (Robert Taylor), an aristocrat from Maryland and a well-groomed cynic, uses his organized hunt to announce his imminent bankruptcy. In order to pay off his debts, Blake is forced to sell even his slaves, instead of freeing them, which causes the disapproval of his guest Susan Griffith (Florence Rice).

Later in the evening, when he tries to seduce the girl, she bumps him back and leaves the mansion urgently. However, Blake is also forced to leave his home, since it was sold to cover his debts. He arrives to Cumberland to get a job at his father's old friend, Colonel Webb (Jonathan Hale), the head of the Baltimore-Ohio railroad construction. Webb offers Blake a job which consists of spying on Starkey (Wallace Beery), the head of a competing shipping company, but Blake refuses. In the evening of the same day, Blake is jailed for a fight.

Cast

Lobby card

Wallace Beery as Starkey
Robert Taylor as Blake Cantrell
Florence Rice as Susan Griffith
Helen Broderick as Mandy Griffith
Charles Bickford as Mr. Arnold (Morgan)
Barton MacLane as Mr. Crowder
Charley Grapewin as "Old Puff"
John Qualen as Davy
Robert Gleckler as Sheriff Barney
Jonathan Hale as Colonel Webb

Box office

According to MGM records, the film earned $1,233,000 in the US and Canada and $607,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $183,000.[1]

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References

The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.

External links

Stand Up and Fight on IMDb
Stand Up and Fight at AllMovie
Stand Up and Fight at the TCM Movie Database
Stand Up and Fight at the American Film Institute Catalog

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[Mannix-1] The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.