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The Leather Pushers
The Leather Pushers

The Leather Pushers

The Champion Action-Comedy of the Year!

Genres

ComedyAdventure

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

64 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

13 September 1940

Country

United States of America

Cast

Richard Arlen

Richard Arlen

Dick 'Kid' Roberts

Andy Devine

Andy Devine

Andy Adams

Astrid Allwyn

Astrid Allwyn

Pat Danbury

Douglas Fowley

Douglas Fowley

Slick Connolly

Charles D. Brown

Charles D. Brown

J.R. Stevens

Shemp Howard

Shemp Howard

Sailor McNeill

Horace McMahon

Horace McMahon

Slugger Mears

Charles Lane

Charles Lane

Henry 'Mitch' Mitchell

Wade Boteler

Wade Boteler

Fight Commissioner Dunlap

George Lloyd

George Lloyd

Joe Johnson

Eddie Gribbon

Eddie Gribbon

Pete Manson

Frank Mitchell

Frank Mitchell

Grogan's Manager

Reid Kilpatrick

Reid Kilpatrick

Ringside Commentator

Ben Alexander

Ben Alexander

Dan Brown, Announcer

Al Bain

Al Bain

Bobby Barber

Bobby Barber

Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Noble 'Kid' Chissell

John Dilson

John Dilson

Frances Morris

Frances Morris

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