''The Big Timer'' is a 1932 American
Pre-Code
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sports
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drama film
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directed by
Edward Buzzell and starring
Ben Lyon,
Constance Cummings and
Thelma Todd.
[Scott p.42] Produced and distributed by
Columbia Pictures
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, it is about a boxer whose success goes to his head.
Plot
Cooky Bradford wants to make enough money to buy a lunch wagon. He ends up falling for, and fighting for, boxing manager Pop Baldwin's daughter, Honey.
Cast
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Ben Lyon as Cooky Bradford
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Constance Cummings as Honey Baldwin
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Thelma Todd as Kay Mitchell
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Tom Dugan as Catfish
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Robert Emmett O'Connor as Dan Wilson
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Charley Grapewin as John 'Pop' Baldwin
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Russell Hopton
Harry Russell Hopton (February 18, 1900 – April 7, 1945) was an American film actor and director.
Biography
Hopton was born in New York City, New York. He appeared in 110 films between 1926 and 1945, often playing streetwise characters f ...
as Sullivan
See also
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List of boxing films
This is a list of films about boxing featuring notable sports films where boxing plays a central role in the development of the plot.
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List
See also
* List of sports films
* List of highest-grossing sports films
References
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References
Bibliography
* Morgan, Michelle ''The Ice Cream Blonde: The Whirlwind Life and Mysterious Death of Screwball Comedienne Thelma Todd''. Chicago Review Press, 2015.
* Scott, Ian. ''In Capra's Shadow: The Life and Career of Screenwriter Robert Riskin''. University Press of Kentucky, 2014.
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1932 films
1932 drama films
1930s sports drama films
American black-and-white films
American sports drama films
Animated sports films
Columbia Pictures films
Films directed by Edward Buzzell
1930s English-language films
1930s American films
Boxing films
English-language sports drama films
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