''The Fighting Shepherdess'' is a 1920 American

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directed by

Edward José Edward José (5 July 1865 – 18 December 1930) was a Belgian film director and actor of the silent era. He directed 42 films between 1915 and 1925. He also performed in 12 films between 1910 and 1916.Millard Webb Millard Webb (December 6, 1893 – April 21, 1935) was an American screenwriter and director who directed 20 films between 1920 and 1933. His best-known film is the 1926 silent John Barrymore adventure ''The Sea Beast (1926 film), The Sea Beast' ...

and written by Frank Mitchell Dazey. It is based on the 1919 novel ''The Fighting Shepherdess'' by

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. The film stars

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Wallace MacDonald Wallace Archibald MacDonald (5 May 1891 – 30 October 1978) was a Canadian silent film actor and film producer. Biography MacDonald was born in Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada, and attended school in Sydney, Nova Scotia. He started as a mess ...

, Noah Beery Sr., Walter Long,

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and John Hall. The film was released on March 1, 1920, by First National Exhibitors' Circuit.

Cast

as Kate Prentice *

as Hughie * Noah Beery Sr. as Mormon Joe * Walter Long as Pete Mullendore *

as Jezebel *John Hall as Tetters *

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as Bowers *Calvert Carter as Mayor *Billie DeVail as Banker *Maude Wayne as Beth *Ben Lewis as Lingle *Will Jeffries as The Engineer

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* 1920 films American romance films 1920s romance films First National Pictures films Films directed by Edward José Films directed by Millard Webb American silent feature films American black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920 Western (genre) films {{1920s-Western-film-stub