Battling Bunyan (1924)
53m
Running Time
February 11, 1924Release Date
Plot.
A young man has a chance to become partners in an auto-repair business, but he doesn't have the money. In order to come up with some quick cash, he decides to temporarily become a professional boxer. The problem is that he isn't an athlete, knows nothing about boxing and stands a very good chance of getting the stuffing beaten out of him.
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Cast & Crew.
Wesley Barry
Battling Bunyan
Frank Campeau
Jim Canby
Landers Stevens
Pierson
Al Kaufman
Referee
Johnny Relasco
Johnny Prentiss
Molly Malone
Molly Coshgan
Jackie Fields
Sailor Levinsky
Chester Conklin
A Stranger
Pat Kemp
Rudy - the Trained Seal
Harry Mann
Manager
Jefferson Moffitt
Story / Scenario Writer
Paul Hurst
Director
Ford Beebe
Writer
Frank Cotner
Cinematographer
Fred Burnworth
Editor
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Battling Bunyan is a 1924 American silent sports comedy film directed by Paul Hurst and starring Wesley Barry, Frank Campeau, and Molly Malone. It was based on a short story in the Saturday Evening Post by Raymond Leslie Goldman. In order to raise cash in a hurry, a young man takes up professional boxing despite the fact he is totally unsuited to it.