The Gallant Fool

The Gallant Fool

Hair-raising stunts of the big top-with a western wallop. Suspense! Punch! Action! And a Baffling Mystery!

1933 · 56 min · ★ 9.0 · Western

The circus arrives in Great Shows. Rainey Big Ben and Kit Denton, the star of the show, are informed that no representation will be allowed in the city, and that their presence is not desired by the local potentate. This incomprehensible hatred is equaled only by the Kit 's father's contempt for women. Kit, who criticized his father's contemptuous attitude towards Alicia, his girlfriend, Kit's father tells him of the drama he lived in Big Ben many years earlier.

Directed by Robert N. Bradbury · Written by Robert N. Bradbury

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Bob Steele Kit Denton
Arletta Duncan Alecia Russo
George 'Gabby' Hayes Dad Denton
Theodore Lorch Rainey
John Elliott Chris McDonald
Perry Murdock Connors
Pascale Perry Jim Leyton
George Nash Foils Pick Pocket
Vane Calvert Martha Williams
Billy Franey Leyton's Friend at Campfire
Blackie Whiteford Henchman
Herman Hack Henchman

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