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Fighting Fools

1949-03-17 · 69 min · ★ 6.0

Comedy

The boys are working at the local boxing arena where their friend, Jimmy Higgins, is boxing. During a crooked match Jimmy is killed. The boys seek out his older brother, Johnny, a former boxer who gave up the sport rather than go crooked, and help train him to get back in the ring. They try to get him a shot at the title, and when they do the same crooked gangsters that were behind Jimmy's death try to get Johnny to take a dive.

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Directors
Reginald Le Borg
Production companies
Monogram Pictures
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Leo GorceyLeo GorceySlip Mahoney
Huntz HallHuntz HallSach
Gabriel DellGabriel DellGabe Moreno
Frankie DarroFrankie DarroJohnny Higgins
Lyle TalbotLyle TalbotBlinky Harris
William BenedictWilliam BenedictWhitey
David GorceyDavid GorceyChuck
Benny BartlettBenny BartlettButch
Bert ConwayDynamite Carson, the Champ
Evelyn EatonBunny Talbot (as Evelynn Eaton)
Bernard GorceyBernard GorceyLouie
Teddy InfuhrTeddy InfuhrBoomer Higgins
Ben WeldenBen WeldenLefty Conlin
Dorothy VaughanDorothy VaughanMrs. Higgins
Sam HayesSam HayesBill Radar, Sportscaster
Bill CartledgeFighter Joey Prince
Paul MaxeyPaul MaxeyEditor
Stanley AndrewsStanley AndrewsBoxing Commissioner

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