The Battling Fool

1924

0h 44m

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Drama

Overview

William Fairbanks stars in this fighting feature about a rural rube who enters the ring to earn prize money to help a crippled girl.

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11 members

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William Fairbanks

Mark Jenkins

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Eva Novak

Helen Chadwick

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Fred J. Butler

Hiram Chadwick

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Laura Winston

Mrs.Chadwick

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Mark Fenton

Reverend Josiah Jenkins

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Catherine Craig

Madeline Le Bertin

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Jack Byron

Clarence Lorraine

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Pat Harmon

Jerry Sullivan

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Andrew Waldron

Reuben - the Chief of Police

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Ted Adams

Townsman at Boxing Match (uncredited)

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Edgar Kennedy

Dan O'Leary (as Ed Kennedy)

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