Stand Up and Fight
Greatest Adventure Drama Since "Mutiny on the Bounty!"
1939 · 97 min · ★ 6.0 · Drama, History, Romance, Western
A southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom.
Directed by W.S. Van Dyke · Written by James M. Cain
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Wallace Beery Captain Boss Starkey -
Robert Taylor Blake Cantrell -
Florence Rice Susan Griffith -
Helen Broderick Amanda Griffith -
Charles Bickford Arnold -
Barton MacLane Crowder -
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John Qualen Davy -
Robert Gleckler Sheriff Barney -
Clinton Rosemond Enoch -
Cy Kendall Foreman Ross -
Paul Everton Allan
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