The Battler
Cast & Crew
Frank Reicher
Earl Metcalfe
Virginia Hammond
Harry C. Brown
Edwin Dennison
Irving Brooks
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Clean-living pugilist Jim Fortune assists Angelica Hart when her husband Duncan assaults her in a Bowery café. Soon after, Jim fights a bout with Hart, an amateur society boxer, during a dinner party. Enraged by the sight of whip marks on Angelica's neck, Jim knocks Hart out soundly. In revenge, that night Hart attacks Angelica. When she pulls out a gun, "Toad" Jennings, Hart's former trainer and a drug addict, and Mrs. Dale, a widow with whom Hart had been having a romance, struggle with her before she can pull the trigger. The gun goes off and Hart is killed. Hart's father, Hagan, vows vengeance on Angelica and Jim. After their arrest, Hagan realizes that Jim is really his son by his first wife, who left him because of his brutality. In the end, Toad confesses to killing Hart because of a grievance, and Jim and Angelica realize that they are in love.
Director
Frank Reicher
Cast
Earl Metcalfe
Virginia Hammond
Harry C. Brown
Edwin Dennison
Irving Brooks
Florence Malone
Frank Haganey
Al H. Stewart
Barry Whitcomb
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
The title was changed during production from The Mark of the Beast because the prior right of that title had been obtained by Princess Troubetskoy. Montagu Love began in the lead role, but left after a number of scenes had been shot because of an attack of rheumatism. Frank Haganey, former heavyweight champion of Australia and South America, was engaged as trainer and technical director for the fight scenes. He also played a role.
