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Stand Up and Fight

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In the midst of a bitter rivalry between railroad mogul Blake Cantrell (Robert Taylor) and stagecoach bigwig Capt. Boss Starkey (Wallace Beery), the latter has been renting spare stagecoaches to a mysterious man named Arnold (Charles Bickford) under the pretense of transporting fugitive slaves north to safety. Unfortunately for all involved, Arnold's real racket is capturing slaves and reselling them, and now Cantrell and Starkey have to team up to stop him.

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James T. Hamada The Nippu Jiji (Honolulu) 10/14/2020
A stirring account of the rivalry between early railroads and stagecoach lines for the nation's commerce of the 1850's. Go to Full Review John Kinloch California Eagle 10/30/2019
A colorful, stirring drama of early railway days. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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W. S. Van Dyke II

Director

Wallace Beery

Captain Boss Starkey

Robert Taylor

Blake Cantrell

Florence Rice

Susan Griffith

Helen Broderick

Amanda Griffith

Charles Bickford

Arnold
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Synopsis In the midst of a bitter rivalry between railroad mogul Blake Cantrell (Robert Taylor) and stagecoach bigwig Capt. Boss Starkey (Wallace Beery), the latter has been renting spare stagecoaches to a mysterious man named Arnold (Charles Bickford) under the pretense of transporting fugitive slaves north to safety. Unfortunately for all involved, Arnold's real racket is capturing slaves and reselling them, and now Cantrell and Starkey have to team up to stop him.
Director
W. S. Van Dyke II
Producer
Mervyn LeRoy
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre
Western
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 6, 1939, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 26, 2017
Runtime
1h 45m
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