The Fighting Demon (1925)
The big ring fight in which Dick knocks the South American Champ for a goal!
Richard Talmadge plays John Drake, a safe expert who gets work managing a safe company in South America. On the way to his new job, he gets into a fight with Dynamite Diaz (Dick Sutherland), a prize fighter who thinks that Drake has flirted with his wife (Peggy Shaw). Drake has found love on board, but it's with Dolores D'Arcy (Lorraine Eason), the daughter of a banker (Charles Hill Mailes). Once he lands in South America, however, he discovers the job was a fake and is robbed of his money and passport.
- Date of release
- 1925-05-24
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Arthur Rosson
Casting
- Richard Talmadge — John Drake
- Lorraine Eason — Dolores Darcy
- Dick Sutherland — Dynamite Diaz
- Peggy Shaw — Mrs. Diaz
- Herbert Prior — Jackson Pierce
- Charles Hill Mailes — Señor Darcy
- Stanton Heck — Isaac Belding
- Dave Morris — Kid Price
- André Cheron — Slippery Logan
- Jack Hill — Professor
- Frank Elliott — Arnold Malvin
Interesting facts
The Fighting Demon is a 1925 American silent melodrama film. Directed by Arthur Rosson, the film stars Richard Talmadge, Lorraine Eason, and Dick Sutherland. It was released on May 24, 1925.
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