
The Fight for Life

Watch movie: The Fight for Life Released in (1940) produced by USA, The movie categorized in Drama, History, and content rating Approved with duration 69 min Streamed at Putlocker & directed by Pare Lorentz. The Fight for Life was documentary filmmaker Pare Lorentz' first "dramatic" film, utilizing the talents of several top New York stage actors. A tribute to the Chicago Maternity Center and its efforts to provide the best possible care for destitute mothers, the film is based on the book of the same name by Paul de Kruif. Myron McCormick plays the largest role as a dedicated intern, while others in the cast include such theatrical heavywrights as Will Geer, Dudley Digges and Dorothy Adams. The film's many vignettes range from the tragic (a mother dying in childbirth in the opening scene) to the exultant (another mother rescued from the brink of death in a disease-ridden tenement). Filmed in Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland, Fight for Life is a worthwhile effort, though Lorentz seems more comfortable with the "actuality" scenes than with the dramatized passages.
Actor: Myron McCormick, Storrs Haynes, Will Geer, Dudley Digges, Woody Guthrie, Dorothy Adams, Dorothy Urban, Effie Anderson
Director: Pare Lorentz
Country: USA
Runtime: 69
Release: 1940
Rating: 5 out of 10
Language: English,
Views: 241
Content Rating:Approved
Quality: DVD
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