The Big Timer

1932 film

  • March 10, 1932 (1932-03-10)
Running time
74 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

The Big Timer is a 1932 American Pre-Code sports drama film directed by Edward Buzzell and starring Ben Lyon, Constance Cummings and Thelma Todd.[1] Produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures, it is about a boxer whose success goes to his head.

Plot

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.

Cast

  • Ben Lyon as Cooky Bradford
  • Constance Cummings as Honey Baldwin
  • Thelma Todd as Kay Mitchell
  • Tom Dugan as Catfish
  • Robert Emmett O'Connor as Dan Wilson
  • Charley Grapewin as John 'Pop' Baldwin
  • Russell Hopton as Sullivan

See also

References

  1. ^ Scott p.42

Bibliography

  • Morgan, Michelle The Ice Cream Blonde: The Whirlwind Life and Mysterious Death of Screwball Comedienne Thelma Todd. Chicago Review Press, 2015.
  • Scott, Ian. In Capra's Shadow: The Life and Career of Screenwriter Robert Riskin. University Press of Kentucky, 2014.

External links

  • The Big Timer at the TCM Movie Database
  • The Big Timer at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • The Big Timer at AllMovie
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