The Leather Pushers(1940)
The Champion Action-Comedy of the Year!
A shifty boxing promoter places an amateur in fixed fights, then hands his contract over to an suspicious female investigative reporter as a raffle prize. He later regrets his actions, however, when the boxer becomes an honest champion.
Movie: The Leather Pushers
Top 10 Billed Cast
Dick 'Kid' Roberts
Andy Adams
Pat Danbury
Slick Connolly
J.R. Stevens
Sailor McNeill
Slugger Mears
Henry 'Mitch' Mitchell
Fight Commissioner Dunlap
Joe Johnson
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A shifty boxing promoter places an amateur in fixed fights, then hands his contract over to an suspicious female investigative reporter as a raffle prize. He later regrets his actions, however, when the boxer becomes an honest champion.
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1940-09-13
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