The Winning Stroke

The Winning Stroke (1919)

In a mock fraternity initiation, a group of Yale students haze Paul Browning for tattling. When he learns that the leader of the group, oarsman Buck Simmons, is also winning the favor of Aida Courtlandt, the dean's niece, the jealous Browning and gambler Burton Hampdon, to whom Browning owes money, attempt to disgrace Buck so he will not be allowed to participate in the upcoming Yale-Harvard race. After they fail to lure Buck to bed with a girl, Browning takes Aida to a roadhouse so that Buck will have to break training rules to go there. When the coach, suspicious about the roadhouse incident, finds a letter planted on Buck about a deal for him to throw the race, he suspends Buck, but with Aida's influence, the dean straightens matters out. After Yale wins a close race, Browning shoots at Buck, who then trounces him. Proclaimed captain of the next year's team, Buck becomes engaged to Aida.

Date of release
1919-09-07
TMDB
10.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
50m
Genres
Action, Drama, Romance
Director
Edward Dillon

Casting

Interesting facts

The Winning Stroke is a lost 1919 silent American college drama film directed by Edward Dillon and starring George Walsh, a former Olympic athlete. Some filming took place at Yale University. The film was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation.

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