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''The Big Timer'' is a 1932 American
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directed by Edward Buzzell and starring Ben Lyon, Constance Cummings and Thelma Todd.Scott p.42 Produced and distributed by
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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

* Ben Lyon as Cooky Bradford * Constance Cummings as Honey Baldwin * Thelma Todd as Kay Mitchell * Tom Dugan as Catfish * Robert Emmett O'Connor as Dan Wilson * Charley Grapewin as John 'Pop' Baldwin *
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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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.


External links

* * 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 {{1930s-drama-film-stub