I watched it just to see Benny Rubin and Ole Olson.

Gloria Dickson, Otto Kruger, and John Litel in The Big Boss (1941)

Sally Blane and James Newill in Fighting Mad (1939)

Sally Blane, James Newill, and Dave O'Brien in Fighting Mad (1939)

Ted Adams, Horace Murphy, and James Newill in Fighting Mad (1939)

Ted Adams, Sally Blane, James Newill, and Dave O'Brien in Fighting Mad (1939)

Ted Adams, Sally Blane, and James Newill in Fighting Mad (1939)

Ted Adams, James Newill, Dave O'Brien, and Warner Richmond in Fighting Mad (1939)

James Newill

Sally Blane

Benny Rubin

George Rosener

John Rathmell

Laurie York Erskine

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 ...

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Fighting Mad

&quot;Fighting Mad&quot; is one of eight Renfrew of the Mounties films. They were B-movies made around the late 1930s and where a bit like westerns set in modern times and are the adventures of a handsome Northwest Mounted policeman and were distributed by Monogram Pictures. I&apos;ve only seen a few and wasn&apos;t particularly impressed. But I wanted to see this one because of its odd casting of the Jewish comic Benny Rubin and Ole Olson (of Olson &amp; Johnson comedy fame)...as I simply couldn&apos;t imagine either of these guys in the Canadian wilderness!

Early in the story, a woman just happens to be there during a holdup and the crooks kidnap her. Renfrew and his partner come to her aid when the trailer she&apos;s in detaches and careens down the road. Now here&apos;s the nutty part....she never tells them she&apos;s been kidnapped nor that the men in the car are dangerous wanted criminals. In this sense, the writing is REALLY bad....and just doesn&apos;t make any sense. Does it get any better and does it start to make sense? Watch it and see.

As for Rubin, he&apos;s enjoyable in the film...but talk about a fish out of water!! Seeing his extremely stereotypical Jewish Borscht Belt shtick in the film is just strange...very strange! Olson, on the other hand, is barely in the movie...and you wonder why he made this cameo without his longtime partner, Chic Johnson.

So is this film any good? It&apos;s fair to middling....not great but pleasant if you just want a simple time-passer. So, if you are a fan of B westerns (such as Gene Autry or Roy Rogers flicks), for example, you probably will enjoy this. Just don&apos;t expect it to be great art or especially well made.

By the way, the actors Chief Thundercloud, J. W. Cody and Iron Eyes Cody all played natives in the film but were NOT Indians at all. I can&apos;t say where &apos;Chief Thundercloud&apos; was from but he was not a chief. And, the Cody brothers pretended for decades to be Native Americans....but were Italians! The only actor who played a native in this one who WAS appears to be Chris Willow Bird...but considering the others, perhaps he wasn&apos;t an Indian either!

"Fighting Mad" is one of eight Renfrew of the Mounties films. They were B-movies made around the late 1930s and where a bit like westerns set in modern times and are the adventures of a handsome Northwest Mounted policeman and were distributed by Monogram Pictures. I've only seen a few and wasn't particularly impressed. But I wanted to see this one because of its odd casting of the Jewish comic Benny Rubin and Ole Olson (of Olson & Johnson comedy fame)...as I simply couldn't imagine either of these guys in the Canadian wilderness!

Early in the story, a woman just happens to be there during a holdup and the crooks kidnap her. Renfrew and his partner come to her aid when the trailer she's in detaches and careens down the road. Now here's the nutty part....she never tells them she's been kidnapped nor that the men in the car are dangerous wanted criminals. In this sense, the writing is REALLY bad....and just doesn't make any sense. Does it get any better and does it start to make sense? Watch it and see.

As for Rubin, he's enjoyable in the film...but talk about a fish out of water!! Seeing his extremely stereotypical Jewish Borscht Belt shtick in the film is just strange...very strange! Olson, on the other hand, is barely in the movie...and you wonder why he made this cameo without his longtime partner, Chic Johnson.

So is this film any good? It's fair to middling....not great but pleasant if you just want a simple time-passer. So, if you are a fan of B westerns (such as Gene Autry or Roy Rogers flicks), for example, you probably will enjoy this. Just don't expect it to be great art or especially well made.

By the way, the actors Chief Thundercloud, J. W. Cody and Iron Eyes Cody all played natives in the film but were NOT Indians at all. I can't say where 'Chief Thundercloud' was from but he was not a chief. And, the Cody brothers pretended for decades to be Native Americans....but were Italians! The only actor who played a native in this one who WAS appears to be Chris Willow Bird...but considering the others, perhaps he wasn't an Indian either!

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.

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