FIGHTING MAD: Renfrew of the Royal Mounted (1939) James Newill & Sally Blane | Action, Drama | B&W

Fighting Mad is a 1939 American adventure film directed by Sam Newfield and written by George Rosener and John Rathmell. It is based on the 1927 novel Renfrew Rides Again by Laurie York Erskine. The third of the Renfrew of the Royal Mounted film series stars James Newill, Sally Blane, Benny Rubin, Dave O'Brien, Milburn Stone and Walter Long. The film was released on November 5, 1939, by Monogram Pictures when Grand National Pictures ceased operation.

SYNOPSIS
Ann Fenwick, a witness to a bank robbery, is abducted by the bank robbers across the border into Canada, where Sergeant Renfrew and Constable Kelly get involved.

Ann Fenwick is a witness to a bank robbery in the U.S. and the bandits, led by Trigger (Warner Richmond) and Leon (Ted Adams) capture her and when she disappears, a warrant is issued for her arrest as a material witness. The bank robbers flee across the border into Canda where they steal a trailer in which they lock Ann and the loot. The hitch breaks and the trailer plunges into a lake. Sergeant Renfrew (James Newill) and Constable Kelly (Dave O'Brien), of the Canadian Mounties,rescue Ann and she tells them she is a hitch-hiking tourist and gives a false name. Renfrew sends Kelly for aid, Ann escapes and Kelly returns with the news that she is wanted. The leader of the gang, Cardigan (Milburn Stone), sends the gang back for Ann and the loot, which Ann has hidden in a trappers cabin, just before Trigger recaptures her. Renfrew goes to her rescue, but is also captured. But reliable Constable Kelly is somewhere in the woods.

CAST & CREW
James Newill as Sergeant Renfrew
Sally Blane as Ann Fenwick
Benny Rubin as Benny
Dave O'Brien as Constable Kelly
Milburn Stone as Cardigan
Walter Long as Frenchy
Warner Richmond as Trigger
Ted Adams as Leon
Chief Thundercloud as Indian
Ole Olsen as Joe
Horace Murphy as Smith

Directed by Sam Newfield
Screenplay by George Rosener, John Rathmell
Based on Renfrew Rides Again by Laurie York Erskine
Produced by Philip N. Krasne
Cinematography Jack Greenhalgh
Edited by Martin G. Cohn
Production company Criterion Pictures
Distributed by Monogram Pictures
Release date November 5, 1939
Running time 54 minutes
Country United States
Language English