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The Battle of the Century (1927)
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"The comedy that you've read about, heard about, and waited for."
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68
NR
19 min
Dec 31st, 1927
Comedy
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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.
Starring
Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy
Dorothy Coburn
Director
Clyde Bruckman
Writer
Hal Roach
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Movie Details
Theatrical Release:
December 31st, 1927
Original Language:
English
Production Companies:
Hal Roach Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Movie Tags:
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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