Blast from the Past
David Howard directed Conflict, a sports drama, starring John Wayne, Ward Bond, Jean Rogers.
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Pat Glendon is a former lumberjack turned bare-knuckle boxer who travels the countryside as part of gambling scam operated by Gus “Knockout” Carrigan for a New York syndicate.
Glendon arrives ahead of the travelling boxing exhibition, building the confidence of the locals, who bet on Glendon to win, only to have him throw the fight.
The gambling circuit leads Glendon to Cedar City, a lumber town where he gets a job as a lumberjack and becoming part of the community.
At the lumberjack picnic Glendon fights and defeats “Ruffhouse” Kelly, a burly man from a rival lumber camp. The town folk agree that Glendon is the one to represent them in the boxing exhibition soon to hit town.
While in Cedar City, Glendon saves the life of the runaway orphan Tommy, who befriends the boxer and acts as his “trainer” and is unofficially adopted by him.
Maude Sangster, a reporter pretending to be social worker from San Francisco sent to Cedar City to expose the boxing scam, befriends Glendon and orphan Tommy.
On the day of the rigged fight, Glendon tells him that he won’t throw the fight, and that the Cedar City lumberjacks are his friends; he doesn’t want to scam them out of their money.
n the happy ending, a hard-fought honest match, Glendon prevails and wins the girl’s heart.
The railroad scenes were shot on the Sierra Railroad in Tuolumne County, California.
Cast
John Wayne as Pat Glendon
Jean Rogers as Maude Sangster
Ward Bond as Gus “Knockout” Carrigan
Tommy Bupp as Tommy
Bryant Washburn as City Editor
Frank Sheridan as Sam Steubner
Harry Woods as “Ruffhouse” Kelly
Margaret Mann as Ma Blake
Eddie Borden as “Spider” Welsh
Frank Hagney as Mike Malone
Lloyd Ingraham as Adams, Newspaper City Editor
Credits
Directed by David Howard
Screenplay by Charles A. Logue, Walter Weems, based on The Abysmal Brute, Jack London’s 1913 novel.
Produced by Trem Carr, Paul Malvern
Cinematography Archie Stout
Edited by Erma Horsley, Jack Ogilvie
Music by Charles Previn
Production and distribution: Universal Pictures
Release date: November 29, 1936
Running time: 60 minutes
Directed by David Howard
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