Fighting Thru (1930)

About Fighting Thru (1930)

Fighting Thru, also known as California in 1878, is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by William Nigh and starring Ken Maynard, Jeanette Loff, and Wallace MacDonald. Its plot follows a gold miner from the California Gold Rush who attempts to save his partner and vie for the affections of a young frontier woman.

Daniel Barton is a recruit of the California Gold Rush who finds that his mining partner, Tennessee Malden, has left town to meet Daniel's departed sister, Alice. Eager to stop their meeting, Daniel pursues Tennessee to a tavern where he finds him playing cards with Fox Tyson, a gambler, Queenie, a barmaid, and Ace Brady, the tavern owner. All three are conspiring to swindle Tennessee of his money. Later that night, Fox murders Tennessee at his cabin, and frames Daniel as being responsible for the murder. Alice and Ace attest to Fox's version of events.

Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article Fighting Thru (text available under CC BY-SA 4.0).