La fuerza del querer
Cast & Crew
Ralph Ince
María Alba
Carlos Barbé
Andrés De Segurola
Vicente Padula
Tito Davison
Film Details
Synopsis
Shirley, girl friend of a boxer known as "El Tigre" ("The Tiger"), discovers that her brother Lester's life is in danger unless he pays his debts to Chuck, a gangster who uses a nightclub he operates as a front. Although the debt is considerable, "El Tigre" offers his savings to help Lester pay it off, but Shirley does not want to involve him in her family's problems. After Lester kills one of Chuck's henchmen, Chuck tries to come to an agreement with Shirley, suggesting that he will forget about his dispute with Lester if she can arrange for "El Tigre" to be drugged and lose his next fight on which he, Chuck, will bet heavily against the favorite. As Shirley will not go along with this, Chuck enlists the services of Steve, "El Tigre's" manager, who agrees to substitute drugged drinking water during the fight. However, the police have been tailing Chuck and his gang and, as the fight takes place, confront Chuck and shoot him. Meanwhile, "El Tigre" easily beats his opponent having accidentally replaced the drugged water with pure water.
Director
Ralph Ince
Cast
María Alba
Carlos Barbé
Andrés De Segurola
Vicente Padula
Tito Davison
Rita Royo
Stepin Fetchit
Manuel Conesa
Rafael Valverde
Crew
Film Details
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
This film was a Spanish-language version of the 1930 film The Big Fight, which was directed by Walter Lang and starred Lola Lane and Ralph Ince. Ince, who played "Chuck," directed the Spanish version upon completing his role in the English version. After a private screening on April 28, 1930, the Spanish version premiered in Los Angeles as La gran pelea on 21 Jun. Although the English version was distributed in the U.S. by Sono Art, later in 1930, James Cruze Productions, Inc. made a deal with Paramount to distribute the Spanish version, as that company was handling a number of Spanish-language films internationally. Paramount changed the title to La fuerza del querer.
