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Wikipedia article




'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.Scott p.42 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

References



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.


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