Fighting Fools

Mar 17, 1949

1h 9m

★ 5.0

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.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Monogram Pictures

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Cast

Slip Mahoney

Leo Gorcey

Sach

Huntz Hall

Gabe Moreno

Gabriel Dell

Johnny Higgins

Frankie Darro

Blinky Harris

Lyle Talbot

Whitey

William Benedict

Chuck

David Gorcey

Butch

Benny Bartlett

Dynamite Carson, the Champ

Bert Conway

Bunny Talbot (as Evelynn Eaton)

Evelyn Eaton

Louie

Bernard Gorcey

Boomer Higgins

Teddy Infuhr

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