22 Jun 1979
The Main Event
A bankrupt entrepreneur attempts to recoup some of her losses by getting a washed-out boxer she picked up as a tax loss back into the ring — an idea her protégé isn't fond of.
The Milky Way
A fighting milkman who outfights and outsmarts everyone-including himself!
Timid milkman, Burleigh Sullivan, somehow knocks out a boxing champ in a brawl. The fighter's manager decides to build up the milkman's reputation in a series of fixed fights and then have the champ beat him to regain his title.
Top Billed Cast
Harold Lloyd Burleigh Sullivan
Adolphe Menjou Gabby Sloan
Verree Teasdale Ann Westley
Helen Mack Mae Sullivan
William Gargan Speed McFarland
George Barbier Wilbur Austin
Dorothy Wilson Polly Pringle
Lionel Stander Spider Schultz
Charles Lane Willard
Marjorie Gateson Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne
Charles Lane 
Anthony Quinn Thomas A. Curran Eugene Barry Cop (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert Todd Fight Spectator (uncredited)
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