Key Details

Release StatusReleased

Release Date1924-08-01

Languageen

Runtime44m

Production

Perfection Pictures

9.0(1)

•1924•44m

The Battling Fool

Drama

Overview

William Fairbanks stars in this fighting feature about a rural rube who enters the ring to earn prize money to help a crippled girl.

Director

W.S. Van Dyke

Principal Cast

11 credited

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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