The Fight for Life
1940 American film
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The Fight for Life is a 1940 American medical drama film directed by Pare Lorentz. The film was nominated for the Best Original Score of a Picture composed by Louis Gruenberg and released by Columbia Pictures.
Directed byPare Lorentz
Screenplay byPare Lorentz
John Steinbeck (uncredited)
John Steinbeck (uncredited)
Story byPaul de Kruif
Produced byPare Lorentz
Tommy Atkins (associate producer)
Elizabeth Meyer (associate producer)
Tommy Atkins (associate producer)
Elizabeth Meyer (associate producer)
| The Fight for Life | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Pare Lorentz |
| Screenplay by | Pare Lorentz John Steinbeck (uncredited) |
| Story by | Paul de Kruif |
| Produced by | Pare Lorentz Tommy Atkins (associate producer) Elizabeth Meyer (associate producer) |
| Starring | Myron McCormick Storrs Haynes Will Geer Dudley Digges Dorothy Adams |
| Cinematography | Floyd Crosby |
| Music by | Louis Gruenberg |
Production company | United States Film Service |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 69 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $150,000[1] |
| Box office | n/a |
An uncredited John Steinbeck wrote the narrative portions of the film.[2]
Plot
At the City Hospital a young intern witnesses the death of a young mother in a maternity hospital delivery room. Very worried about having overlooked a fact that could have prevented death, he began to frequent a maternity clinic in a poor neighborhood of Chicago to learn more about maternity mortality and find new ways to avoid it.
Cast
- Myron McCormick (The young intern)
- Storrs Haynes (The teacher)
- Will Geer (2nd Teacher)
- Dudley Digges (Head Doctor)
- Dorothy Adams (The Young Woman)
- Effie Anderson (The Receptionist)
