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Fighting Fools(1949)
Status: Released
Date: 1949-03-17
50%
2 Votes
Time: 1h 9m
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Monogram Pictures
Movie: Fighting Fools
Top 10 Billed Cast
Leo Gorcey
Slip Mahoney
Huntz Hall
Sach
Gabriel Dell
Gabe Moreno
Frankie Darro
Johnny Higgins
Lyle Talbot
Blinky Harris
William Benedict
Whitey
David Gorcey
Chuck
Benny Bartlett
Butch
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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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1949-03-17
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