The Combat is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Lynn Reynolds and starring House Peters, Wanda Hawley, and Walter McGrail. A print of The Combat exists in the UCLA Film & Television Archive.The Combat at silentera.com
Plot As described in a film magazine review, two-fisted lumberjack Blaze Burke is made boss of Jerry Flint's logging camp and proceeds to eliminate an opposition gang of huskies led by Red McLaughlin. Double-crossed by Milton Symmons, he takes the latter's prospective bride Alice Childers to a lonely cabin. Trailed by McLaughlin, they fight with McLaughlin falling over a cliff to his death. Blaze restores Alice to Milton. Subsequently, he saves Alice from a forest fire but Milton perishes in it. In the end, Blaze wins the affections of Alice.
Cast House Peters as Blaze Burke Wanda Hawley as Alice Childers Walter McGrail as Milton Symmons C.E. Anderson as Red McLaughlin Charles Hill Mailes as Jeremiah 'Jerry' Flint Steve Clemente as Halfbreed Howard Truesdale as Sheriff
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