''Tough Kid'' is a 1938 American

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

directed by Howard Bretherton and written by Wellyn Totman. The film stars Frankie Darro,

Dick Purcell Richard Gerold Purcell Jr. (August 6, 1905 – April 10, 1944) was an American actor best known for playing Marvel Comics' Captain America in the 1943 film serial, co-starring with Lorna Gray and Lionel Atwill. Purcell also appeared in fil ...

, Judith Allen, Lillian Elliott, Don Rowan and William Ruhl. The film was released on December 28, 1938, by

Monogram Pictures Monogram Pictures Corporation was an American film studio that produced mostly low-budget films between 1931 and 1953, when the firm completed a transition to the name Allied Artists Pictures Corporation. Monogram was among the smaller studios i ...

Plot

Skipper Murphy helps train his brother Red for a championship fight. However, a gang of gamblers tries to blackmail Red into losing by kidnapping his fiancée Ruth Lane.

Cast

* Frankie Darro as Skipper Murphy *

as Red Murphy * Judith Allen as Ruth Lane * Lillian Elliott as Katie Murphy *Don Rowan as Bill Grogan * William Ruhl as Monk * Lew Kelly as Regan *Ralph Peters as Blackie *Max Marx as Britt *Jean Joyce as Miss Grace *Cliff Howell as Radio Commentator *Joe Lynch as Krause * Wilbur Mack as Doc Radford

References

External links

* {{Howard Bretherton 1938 films American crime films 1938 crime films Monogram Pictures films Films directed by Howard Bretherton American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films English-language crime films