The Battling Fool (1924)
William Fairbanks stars in this fighting feature about a rural rube who enters the ring to earn prize money to help a crippled girl.
Top billed cast
William FairbanksMark Jenkins
Eva NovakHelen Chadwick
Fred J. ButlerHiram Chadwick- Laura WinstonMrs.Chadwick
- Mark FentonReverend Josiah Jenkins
Catherine CraigMadeline Le Bertin- Jack ByronClarence Lorraine
Pat HarmonJerry Sullivan- Andrew WaldronReuben - the Chief of Police
Ted AdamsTownsman at Boxing Match (uncredited)
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