The Leather Pushers (1940)
Overview
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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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.611 |
Directed By
John Rawlins
Crew
Ben Pivar
Stanley Cortez
Arthur Hilton
Jack Otterson
Russell A. Gausman
Vera West
Bernard B. Brown
Hal Bumbaugh
John Rawlins
Ben Chapman
Larry Rhine
Maxwell Shane
TOP CAST
Richard Arlen
Dick 'Kid' Roberts
Andy Devine
Andy Adams
Astrid Allwyn
Pat Danbury
Douglas Fowley
Slick Connolly
Charles D. Brown
J.R. Stevens
Shemp Howard
Sailor McNeill
Horace McMahon
Slugger Mears
Charles Lane
Henry 'Mitch' Mitchell
Wade Boteler
Fight Commissioner Dunlap
George Lloyd
Joe Johnson
Eddie Gribbon
Pete Manson
Frank Mitchell
Grogan's Manager
Reid Kilpatrick
Ringside Commentator
Ben Alexander
Dan Brown, Announcer
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