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The Fighting Coward Synopsis

Police detective Bob Horton (Ray Walker) is about to be engaged to marry Marie Russell (Joan Woodbury), the daughter of Police Chief John Russell (Earl Dwire), who thinks of Bob as his own son. Tom Anderson, the district attorney, is murdered and Bob manages to discover where the killer is hiding. Chief Russell sends a detail to help Bob who, before they arrive is astonished to learn that the killer is his own father, Jim Horton (William Farnum). Bob allows him to escape, and then returns to headquarters and resigns. Bob learns that his father is somehow involved with a gang of counterfeiters led by Krane (Mathew Betz).

Into the Light Synopsis

A simple country girl, brutally mistreated by her stepfather, awakens first the sympathy, then the love, of The Boy. The Spider, who lusts after The Girl, makes a bargain with the stepfather and takes her to the city where, kept prisoner, she is soon broken in health and spirit. Cast out and near death, she is taken in by The Boy. Following the demise of The Spider, The Boy takes her to church, where he prays, and after many hours she is restored to health.