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The Gladiator

1938, Movie, NR, 70 mins

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Great comedy in which the unassuming Brown accidentally drinks a new serum developed by Littlefield. He quickly becomes a campus hero--a star football player--thanks to the super strengthening powers of the drug. Trouble arises when it wears off and Brown faces a wrestling champion, Man Mountain Dean. Travis is Brown's steadfast girl friend. The picture features some wonderful moments for Brown, including some great physical business on the football field and wrestling mat a... read more leave a comment
Year: 1938
Rated NR

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Cast
Joe E. Brown: Hugo Kipp
Man Mountain Dean: Himself
June Travis: Iris Bennett
Dickie Moore: Bobby
Lucien Littlefield: Prof. Danner
Robert Kent: Tom Dixon

 

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Question: I saw a trailer a few months ago and didn't recognize any of the actors, so it may have been a foreign film. It was about a set of brothers and a woman; one goes to war and is taken hostage. The family assumes he's dead and the other brother ends up falling in love with the wife; then the presumed-dead brother returns. Is this movie available on DVD or not even in theaters yet? It looked really interesting, and any help you could give me in finding it would be great.Answer: You saw a trailer for the exceptional Danish film Brothers (2004). The only cast member most Americans would know is Connie Nielsen, who is Danish but had never made a film in her native language until Brothers; she started her movie career in France and then moved to the U.S., where she starred in films like read more

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