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The Fighting Blade
Film still with Richard Barthelmess
Directed by	John S. Robertson
Screenplay by	Josephine Lovett (scenario) Don Bartlett (titles)
Story by	Beulah Marie Dix
Cinematography	George J. Folsey
Production company	Inspiration Company
Distributed by	Associated First National Pictures
Release date	September 10, 1923 (1923-09-10)
Running time	9 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Fighting Blade is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by John S. Robertson and released by Associated First National Pictures.

Cast

• Richard Barthelmess as Karl Van Kerstenbroock
• Dorothy Mackaill as Thomsine Musgrove
• Lee Baker as Earl of Staversham
• Morgan Wallace as Lord Robert Erisey
• Bradley Barker as Watt Musgrove
• Frederick Burton as Oliver Cromwell
• Stuart Sage as Viscount Carlsford
• Philip Tead as Lord Trevor
• Walter Horton as Bob Ayskew
• Allyn King as Charlotte Musgrove
• Marcia Harris as Joan Laycock

Censorship

Before The Fighting Blade could be exhibited in Kansas, the Kansas Board of Review required the removal of a close-up of the wedge and blood dripping down an arm.

Preservation

A copy of The Fighting Blade is held by the UCLA Film & Television Archive.

External links

• The Fighting Blade at IMDb
• Film still at wisconsinhistory.org