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The Shock Punch
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Wikipedia article
'The Shock Punch' is a 1925 American silent boxing drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It starred Richard Dix and Frances Howard.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/ShockPunch1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'The Shock Punch'] at silentera.com[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=12059 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'The Shock Punch']
Plot
Coming face-to-face with a couple of ruffians, champion boxer Terrence O'Rourke and construction worker Bull Mallarkey, the equally tough Randall Savage flattens each with a single punch.
Randall has a romantic interest in Dorothy Clark, whose father is erecting a new building. To get closer to her, Randall lands a job as a riveter. He then learns that not only is Bull Malarkey foreman of the crew, but is plotting to ruin Dorothy's father in business as well. Randall makes sure that does not happen.
Cast
Preservation
A print of 'The Shock Punch' is preserved at the Library of Congress.'Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at the Library of Congress', p. 164 by the American Film Institute c.1978[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2211/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'The Shock Punch']
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