American Pluck

American Pluck

His father told him to fight his own way, and he did!

1925 · 56 min · ★ 10.0 · Drama, Action

Blaze Derringer is a Texas cattle baron's son. He goes to a cabaret on his birthday, helps a pretty young woman and her guardian avoid a raid, but gets tossed from college for bad behavior. His disgusted father dispatches him to seek his fortune. Blaze jumps a freight, befriends a fake British duke and a sporting African-American, and is offered a prize fight in Galveston. He wins, but may have killed his opponent, so he takes the offer of the woman from the cabaret to accompany her to Begonia, where she's a princess about to be crowned. A court minister, the dastardly Count Verensky, has plans to share the throne and her affections. Can the plucky American help the Europeans sort things out?

Directed by Richard Stanton · Written by Ralph Spence

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George Walsh Blaze Derringer
Wanda Hawley Princess Alicia
Sidney De Gray Count Birkhaff
Frank Leigh Count Verensky
Tom Wilson Jefferson Lee
Leo White Lord Raleigh
Dan Mason American Consul
Pat Wing Flower Girl at Coronation (uncredited)
Toby Wing Flower Girl at Coronation (uncredited)

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