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The Battle of the Century (1927)
"The comedy that you've read about, heard about, and waited for."
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Audience
Score
68
Starring
Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy
Dorothy Coburn
Director
Clyde Bruckman
Writer
Hal Roach
NR
19 min
Dec 31st, 1927
Comedy
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Plot
Fight manager takes out an insurance policy on his puny pugilist and then proceeds to try to arrange for an accident so that he can collect.
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Theatrical Release:
December 31st, 1927
Original Language:
English
Production Companies:
Hal Roach Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
short film
silent film
partially lost film
boxing match
banana peel
pie fight
pie throwing
Cast & Crew
S
Stan Laurel
as Prize Fighter
O
Oliver Hardy
as Manager
D
Dorothy Coburn
as Pie Victim Boarding Auto (uncredited)
L
Lou Costello
as Boxing Hall Extra (uncredited)
A
Anita Garvin
as Slips on pie (uncredited)
D
Dick Gilbert
as Sewer Worker (uncredited)
C
Clyde Bruckman
Director
H
H.M. Walker
Title Designer
H
Hal Roach
Writer
R
Richard C. Currier
Editor
L
Leo McCarey
Production Supervisor
G
George Stevens
Director of Photography
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