Fighting to Live
When attacked by two dogs, Joe Gilmore leaves them on the desert to die. Later one of the dogs saves John Blake from drowning. Men arrive claiming the dog is killing their chickens. They want to kill the dog but John convinces them the dog's fate should be determined by a trial.
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- Cast：
- Marion Shilling , Steve Pendleton , Reb Russell , Eddie Phillips , Lloyd Ingraham , Henry Hall , John Ince
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Sadly Over-hyped
It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.
The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one
The nominal star of Fighting To Live takes a back seat in this production. Reb Russell plays of all things a mailman who drives a flivver on his rural appointed rounds. The story here is a love triangle that has heavy consequences on a pair of dogs.Marion Schilling is the unwanted object of the attentions of Eddie Phillips and when he gets fresh her trusty dogs attack her. She'd rather have the attentions of the newcomer in town lawyer Steve Pendleton.Later on Phillips captures the dogs and let's them out on the desert to starve. The female gives birth to pups and the male dog tries to provide for his family by stealing chickens from the neighboring farms.But despite his recently acquired fear of humans he saves Steve Pendleton from drowning. And Pendleton insists on a trial before these dogs are killed.Our nominal hero only comes in prominently in the end to capture one of the dogs when they escape. Otherwise it's the supporting cast that does the heavy lifting.Fighting To Live is an independent production with a budget I'm not sure could have broken five figures. There were a gazillion fly by night studios that were making westerns because they were shot outdoors at this time. This might have rated a couple notches higher had a big studio done this story. As it is the story went to the dogs.