"TWO PALS BATTLE FOR THE HEAVYWEIGHT CROWN!"

1938

1h 0m

5.3(3 votes)

Drama

Comedy

Overview

A ring veteran turns a Texas tenderfoot into a winning fighter.

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10 members

Acting

Wayne Morris

Rush Conway

Acting

Barton MacLane

Gunner Malone

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June Travis

Mary Malone

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Maxie Rosenbloom

Stan Wilson

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Archie Robbins

Kenneth "Rocky" Rockwell (as James Robbins)

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Dickie Jones

Bobby Doyle

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Joseph Crehan

Danny Lockridge

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Ward Bond

Spike

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Herbert Rawlinson

Mr. D. Redman

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Frank Otto

Joey Meade

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