

The Kid Comes Back
1938-02-12 · 60 min · ★ 6.5
A ring veteran turns a Texas tenderfoot into a winning fighter.
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- Directors
- B. Reeves Eason
- Production companies
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Wayne MorrisRush Conway
Barton MacLaneGunner Malone
June TravisMary Malone
Maxie RosenbloomStan Wilson
Archie RobbinsKenneth "Rocky" Rockwell (as James Robbins)
Dickie JonesBobby Doyle
Joseph CrehanDanny Lockridge
Ward BondSpike
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