Winner Take All (1924 film)
1924 film
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Winner Take All is a lost[1] 1924 American silent Western film directed by W. S. Van Dyke with Buck Jones as star. It was produced and released by the Fox Film Corporation.[2][3][4]
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| Directed by | W. S. Van Dyke |
| Written by | Ewart Adamson |
| Based on | |
| Produced by | William Fox |
| Starring | Buck Jones Peggy Shaw |
| Cinematography | Joseph Brotherton E. D. Van Dyke |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
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Running time | 60 mins. |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Plot summary
Perry Blair loses his job after fighting with his foreman and is recruited by boxing promoter Charles Dunham, who takes him east to pursue a career in the ring. In New York, Perry meets Cecil Manners and becomes a successful boxer.[5] He later leaves Dunham and returns home after being pressured to participate in a fixed fight. Dunham eventually persuades Perry to fight again in a winner-take-all bout. Perry wins the match, changing Cecil's opinion of him after she had believed him to be a coward.[2]
Cast
- Buck Jones - Perry Blair
- Peggy Shaw - Cecil Manners
- Edward Hearn - Jack Hamilton
- Lilyan Tashman - Felicity Brown
- William Bailey - Jim Devereaux
- Ben Deeley - Charles Dunham
- Tom O'Brien - Dynamite Galloway
