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The Big Timer is a american film of genre Drama directed by Edward Buzzell released in USA on 10 march 1932 with Ben Lyon

The Big Timer (1932)

The Big Timer
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Released in USA 10 march 1932
Length 1h14
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Rating58% 2.948692.948692.948692.948692.94869

The Big Timer is a Pre-Code 1932 film about a boxer whose success goes to his head. It stars Ben Lyon, Constance Cummings, and Thelma Todd.

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Ben Lyon

(Cooky Bradford)Constance Cummings

(Honey Baldwin)Thelma Todd

(Kay Mitchell)Tom Dugan

(Catfish)Robert Emmett O'Connor

(Dan Wilson)
And :
Charley Grapewin
Russell Hopton
Irving Bacon
Bess Flowers
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