01 Aug 1924
The Battling Fool
William Fairbanks stars in this fighting feature about a rural rube who enters the ring to earn prize money to help a crippled girl.
Kid Monk Baroni
The BILLY GOAT GANG and a TWO FISTED PRIEST!
Leonard Nimoy is "Kid" Monk Baroni, the leader of a street gang who becomes a professional boxer to escape his life in "Little Italy" New York.
Top Billed Cast
Leonard Nimoy Paul 'Monk' Baroni
Richard Rober Father Callahan
Mona Knox June Travers
Bruce Cabot Mr. Hellman
Allene Roberts Emily Brooks
Budd Jaxon Knuckles
Archer MacDonald Pete
Kathleen Freeman Maria Baroni
Jack Larson Angelo
Joseph Mell Gino Baroni (as Joe Mell)
Paul Maxey Al Petry
Stuart Randall Mr. Moore
Wayne Mallory Tony (as Chad Mallory)
Ted Avery Joey
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