Who directed The Combat?

The movie The Combat was directed by Ralph Ince.

When was The Combat released?

The Combat was released in the year 1916.

Which country is The Combat from?

The Combat is a movie from United States.

What genre is The Combat?

The Combat is categorised as Drama in the cult cinema archive at Dbcult.

Who stars in The Combat?

The Combat features Winthrop Mendell, Richard Turner, John S. Robertson, Virginia Norden.

Who wrote the screenplay for The Combat?

The screenplay for The Combat was written by Edward J. Montagne.

What are movies similar to The Combat?

If you enjoy The Combat, you might also like The Ghosts of Yesterday (1918), Silence of the Dead (1913), The Three Musketeers (1914), M'Liss (1918).

Is The Combat considered a cult classic?

Yes, The Combat (1916) is featured in the Dbcult archive as a curated cult cinema title, known for its Drama qualities.

Drama

The Combat

Name: The Combat
Director: Ralph Ince
Released: 1916
Cast: Richard Turner, Anita Stewart, Winthrop Mendell, John S. Robertson, Virginia Norden

1916·Ralph Ince·IMDb: —/10

Summary

In this labyrinthine melodrama of fiscal desperation and frontier perfidy, Mrs. Fleming, a socialite teetering on the precipice of penury, orchestrates a high-stakes matrimonial gambit for her daughter, Muriel. Oblivious to the encroaching shadow of bankruptcy, Muriel pledges her soul to the impoverished Graydon Burton. Their clandestine union catalyzes a tragic diaspora: Graydon ventures into the unforgiving Northwest gold fields to excavate a fortune, only to be ensnared in a web woven by Slade, a renegade legalist whose soul is as hollow as the mines. A murder committed by Slade with Graydon’s sidearm transforms the protagonist into a fugitive of the wilderness. When a catastrophic rail wreck erroneously categorizes Graydon among the deceased, Muriel—shattered and coerced—is bartered into a marriage with Philip Lewis, a burgeoning political titan. The narrative crescendoes in a claustrophobic New York where blackmail, a purloined marriage certificate, and a fatal gunshot collide. As Lewis ascends to the governorship, his jealousy weaponizes the law against a man he knows to be innocent, culminating in a harrowing moral ultimatum where only the threat of self-destruction can wrench a pardon from the hands of a corrupted justice.

Synopsis

Mrs. Fleming, in secret financial distress, counts upon a brilliant match for her daughter as a way out of her difficulty. Muriel, however, in ignorance of her mother's plight, is attached to Grayson Burton, but when they tell Mrs. Fleming of their love she becomes infuriated and refuses her consent on account of his poverty. Nevertheless, Burton and Muriel secretly marry and he leaves to seek his fortune in the gold fields of the Northwest. He has two partners, Slade, a renegade lawyer from New York, and Rollins, an Englishman. The men strike it rich and Graydon writes Muriel that he is coming to claim her. Slade attempts to rob his partners during the night and is surprised by Rollins, whom Slade kills with Burton's gun. Slade escapes, but returns with police, who arrest Burton on Slade's charge. Seeing that everything is against him in court, Burton escapes and seeks refuge in the wilderness of the mountains, where he becomes a hunted outlaw. Meanwhile the train on which Graydon was supposed to leave is wrecked, and Graydon is reported to be among the dead. Muriel is grief-stricken and decides to keep her secret. Later Philip Lewis, a wealthy lawyer, becomes infatuated with her, and her mother practically coerces the girl into marrying him because of his wealth, finally telling her of their predicament. Soon after her marriage her mother dies. Graydon meanwhile grows desperate and eventually escapes. He starts for New York to claim his wife. Muriel's husband has been appointed district attorney. While Muriel is attending an opera her spying maid steals her secret marriage certificate and sells it to Slade, who has returned to New York and resumed his blackmailing law practice. He writes Muriel a threatening letter and asks her to come to his home to see him that evening. Graydon arrives in New York and sees Slade. He plans to go to his home the same evening and force him to confess to the crime of which he is believed guilty. As he stands outside the French window he is amazed to see his wife there and Slade threatening her. Stepping into the room suddenly, he surprises both, and Slade confesses his guilt. While Muriel talks to Graydon, telling him of her life, Slade seizes a gun. In a fight that follows Muriel kills Slade, fearing her husband's life is in danger and intending only to frighten him by the shot. She escapes and Graydon assumes the blame. Lewis, her husband, prosecutes the case and determines to get a trace of the mysterious veiled woman who ran from the house the night of the murder. He gets a clue to his own wife and grills her until she confesses. Angered and jealous, he prosecutes Graydon knowing he is innocent. Muriel, conscious-stricken, starts for the courtroom to confess, but arrives there after he has been convicted. Lewis promises to pardon the man when made Governor if she will keep her silence. He is elected but refuses to keep his promise. At the last moment when Muriel is determined to kill herself, he weakens and issues the pardon. She then rejoins her true husband.