Movie: The Big Timer

Top 10 Billed Cast

Ben Lyon
Ben Lyon

Cooky Bradford

Constance Cummings
Constance Cummings

Honey Baldwin

Thelma Todd
Thelma Todd

Kay Mitchell

Tom Dugan
Tom Dugan

Catfish

Robert Emmett O'Connor
Robert Emmett O'Connor

Dan Wilson

Charley Grapewin
Charley Grapewin

Pop Baldwin

Russell Hopton
Russell Hopton

Sullivan

Jack Miller
Jack Miller

Scrappy Martin

Irving Bacon
Irving Bacon

Slim Dugan (uncredited)

Bess Flowers
Bess Flowers

Fight Spectator (uncredited)

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  • Overview

    Loud-mouth hamburger flipper, Cooky, thinks he can box. His big chance comes when everyone else quits the gym when it is inherited by a dame.

  • Release Date

    1932-03-10

  • Average

    4.571

  • Rating:

    2.3 starts
  • Tagline

    I'm the guy who Okays the dames and Kayoes the Palookas!

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English
  • Keywords

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