The Battle of the Century (1927)
6.8|31 Dec, 1927|19 min
The comedy that you've read about, heard about, and waited for.
6.8|31 Dec, 1927|19 min
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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.
Keywords
silent film
banana peel
partially lost film
short film
pie fight
pie throwing
boxing match
Casts
Stan Laurel
Prize Fighter
Oliver Hardy
Manager
Dorothy Coburn
Pie Victim Boarding Auto (uncredited)
Lou Costello
Boxing Hall Extra (uncredited)
Anita Garvin
Slips on pie (uncredited)
Dick Gilbert
Sewer Worker (uncredited)
Charlie Hall
Pie Delivery Man (uncredited)
Al Hallett
Bit Part (uncredited)
Jack Hill
Ringside Spectator (uncredited)
Ham Kinsey
Ringside spectator (uncredited)
Sam Lufkin
Boxing referee (uncredited)
Eugene Pallette
Insurance agent (uncredited)
Lyle Tayo
Woman at window (uncredited)
Ellinor Vanderveer
Lady in car (uncredited)
Dorothea Wolbert
Warring pedestrian (uncredited)
Charley Young
Fruit vendor (uncredited)
Noah Young
Thunder-Clap Callahan (uncredited)
Jack Adams
Wilson Benge
Pie Victim in Top Hat
Ed Brandenburg
Warring pedestrian
George B. French
Dentist
Eric Mack
Spectator
Gene Morgan
Ring announcer
Steve Murphy
Noah Young's Assistant
Bob O'Connor
Warring pedestrian
Bert Roach
Ringside spectator
Dick Sutherland
Dental patient
Jack O'Brien
Shoeshine Patron
Crews
Clyde Bruckman
Director
H.M. Walker
Title Designer
Hal Roach
Writer
Richard C. Currier
Editor
Leo McCarey
Production Supervisor
George Stevens
Director of Photography
Hal Roach
Producer
Backdrops & Posters
