The Fighting Eagle

The Fighting Eagle is a 1927 American silent adventure and romantic drama film starring Rod La Rocque. It was directed by Donald Crisp and it was produced by Cecil B. DeMille.^[1][2] The film is set during the Napoleonic Era.

The Fighting Eagle
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Directed by	Donald Crisp
Written by	Douglas Z. Doty (adaptation, screenplay) John W. Krafft (intertitles)
Based on	Brigadier Gerard by Arthur Conan Doyle
Produced by	Cecil B. DeMille
Cinematography	Arthur C. Miller and/or J. Peverell Marley
Edited by	Barbara Hunter
Distributed by	Pathé Exchange
Release date	August 29, 1927 (1927-08-29)
Running time	54 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Cast

• Rod La Rocque as Etienne Gerard
• Phyllis Haver as Countess de Launay
• Sam De Grasse as Talleyrand
• Max Barwyn as Napoleon
• Julia Faye as Josephine de Beauharnais
• Sally Rand as Fraulein Hertz
• Clarence Burton as Col. Neville
• Alphonse Ethier as Major Oliver
• Emile Drain as Napoleon
• Carole Lombard

Preservation

Prints of The Fighting Eagle are located in several collections and has been released on DVD.^[3]

See also

• Brigadier Gerard (1915)
• The Adventures of Gerard (1970)