The Leather Pushers (1940)
The Champion Action-Comedy of the Year!
A shifty boxing promoter places an amateur in fixed fights, then hands his contract over to an suspicious female investigative reporter as a raffle prize. He later regrets his actions, however, when the boxer becomes an honest champion.
- Date of release
- 1940-09-13
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 4m
- Genres
- Comedy, Adventure
- Director
- John Rawlins
Casting
- Richard Arlen — Dick 'Kid' Roberts
- Andy Devine — Andy Adams
- Astrid Allwyn — Pat Danbury
- Douglas Fowley — Slick Connolly
- Charles D. Brown — J.R. Stevens
- Shemp Howard — Sailor McNeill
- Horace McMahon — Slugger Mears
- Charles Lane — Henry 'Mitch' Mitchell
- Wade Boteler — Fight Commissioner Dunlap
- George Lloyd — Joe Johnson
- Eddie Gribbon — Pete Manson
- Frank Mitchell — Grogan's Manager
Interesting facts
- Based on: The Leather Pushers
The Leather Pushers is a 1940 American comedy action film directed by John Rawlins and starring Andy Devine, Richard Arlen and Astrid Allwyn. It was part of the Aces of Action series with the two stars.
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