The Leather Pushers

The Leather Pushers

64 mins | Comedy, Adventure | Sept. 13, 1940

A shifty boxing promoter places an amateur in fixed fights, then hands his contract over to an suspicious female investigative reporter as a raffle prize. He later regrets his actions, however, when the boxer becomes an honest champion.

The Leather Pushers

64 mins | Comedy, Adventure | Sept. 13, 1940

The Leather Pushers
A shifty boxing promoter places an amateur in fixed fights, then hands his contract over to an suspicious female investigative reporter as a raffle prize. He later regrets his actions, however, when the boxer becomes an honest champion.
Producers Universal Pictures
Original title The Leather Pushers
Directors John Rawlins
Writers Larry Rhine, Maxwell Shane, Ben Chapman

Cast

Richard Arlen

as Dick 'Kid' Roberts

Andy Devine

as Andy Adams

Astrid Allwyn

as Pat Danbury

Douglas Fowley

as Slick Connolly

Charles D. Brown

as J.R. Stevens

Shemp Howard

as Sailor McNeill

Horace McMahon

as Slugger Mears

Charles Lane

as Henry 'Mitch' Mitchell

Wade Boteler

as Fight Commissioner Dunlap

George Lloyd

as Joe Johnson

Eddie Gribbon

as Pete Manson

Frank Mitchell

as Grogan's Manager

Reid Kilpatrick

as Ringside Commentator

Ben Alexander

as Dan Brown, Announcer

Al Bain

as