The Duke Comes Back
1937 · 64 min · Action, RomanceNR
ROMANCE WITH A SOCK! A fighting fool in the ring...until a dame lands with a right to the heart.
After winning the heavyweight championship, boxer Duke Foster (Allan Lane) quits the ring to marry socialite Susan Corbin (Heather Angel). When his businessman father-in-law Arnold (Frederick Burton) loses his fortune, Duke returns to the ring to raise money for him. Susan is furious that Duke is breaking his promise never to box again, and the stakes get even higher when a crooked promoter orders him to take a dive ... or else.
- Director
- Irving Pichel
- Writers
- Lucian Cary, Edmond Seward, Adele Buffington
- Released
- November 29, 1937
- Language
- English
Cast
Allan Lane
Duke Foster
Heather Angel
Susan Foster
Genevieve Tobin
Pauline Corbin
Ben Welden
Barney
Frederick Burton
Arnold Corbin
Johnny Russell
Jimmy Foster
Joseph Crehan
Pat Doyle
Selmer Jackson
Jim Watson
Byron Foulger
Peters the butler
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Snowflake
George Cooper
Janitor
Clyde Dilson
Parke, the publicist
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