Battling Bunyan (1924)
- Directed by
- Paul Hurst
- Genre
- silent film, boxing film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 53 min
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young man who is completely unfit for boxing enters a professional match because he needs quick money. He stumbles through the sport with comedic results.
comediclightheartedfast-pacedslapstickunderdogold-fashionedsports-style
What happens
Battling Bunyan is a 1924 American silent sports comedy film directed by Paul Hurst and starring Wesley Barry, Frank Campeau, and Molly Malone. It was based on a short story in the Saturday Evening Post by Raymond Leslie Goldman. In order to raise cash in a hurry, a young man takes up professional boxing despite the fact he is totally unsuited to it. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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