Fighting Fools
6.5
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.
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Cast
18 people
Leo Gorcey
Slip Mahoney
Known for
Angels with Dirty Faces
Dead End
Huntz Hall
Sach
Known for
Angels with Dirty Faces
Dead End
Gabriel Dell
Gabe Moreno
Known for
Angels with Dirty Faces
Earthquake
Frankie Darro
Johnny Higgins
Known for
Wild Boys of the Road
Operation Petticoat
Lyle Talbot
Blinky Harris
Known for
Jail Bait
Glen or Glenda
William Benedict
Whitey
Known for
Bride of the Monster
Libeled Lady
David Gorcey
Chuck
Also in
Spooks Run Wild
Wild Weed
Benny Bartlett
Butch
Also in
The Texas Rangers
13 Hours by Air
Bert Conway
Dynamite Carson, the Champ
Also in
Capone
Rancho Deluxe
Evelyn Eaton
Bunny Talbot (as Evelynn Eaton)
Also in
Finger Man
Adventures of Gallant Bess
Bernard Gorcey
Louie
Known for
The Great Dictator
Teddy Infuhr
Boomer Higgins
Known for
The Bishop's Wife
They Live by Night
Reginald Le Borg Director · Gerald Schnitzer Screenplay Edmond Seward Screenplay
United States release March 17, 1949 · Produced in United States
Production
Monogram Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Mexico · March 17, 1949
Theatrical
United States · March 17, 1949
Theatrical
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