Fighting Mad

Story

Synopsis

Doctor Lambert takes his wife west to a mining town, where he can both minister and doctor. His wife is not happy and upon discovering she is pregnant, runs away with a gambler. He soon dumps her, and she comes back and dies giving birth to a baby girl. Lambert, out of his mind with rage, leaves the baby on a doorstep and vows to never have faith again. He returns to the mining town fifteen years later a drunkard. He meets young, kind Lily Sawyer and is greatly impressed by her compassionate nature. Meanwhile, the gambler has returned and decides to abduct Lily, but his partner recognizes Lambert and tells him Lily is his daughter. He kills the gambler before he can harm Lily and soon his faith returns.

Director

Edward LeSaint

Writers

J. Grubb Alexander, Fred Myton

Country

United States of America

Release date

18 November 1917

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  William Stowell

  Doctor Lambert

• 

  Helen Gibson

  Mary Lambert

• Hector Dion

  Clean-Up West

• 

  Betty Schade

  Faro Fanny

• 

  Alfred Allen

  Eldorado Smith

• 

  Mildred Davis

  Lily Sawyer

• Millard K. Wilson

  Frank Baxter (as M.K. Wilson)