A very funny film that showed Harold Lloyd gracefully making the transition from silent to sound films. It was later remade with Danny Kaye as THE KID FROM BROOKLYN (1946), but this film is the funnier of the two, thanks to Lloyd's abilities. Lloyd is a milquetoast milkman in the right
place at the right time. When middleweight champion William Gargan, throwing a punch at the ducking Lloyd, is knocked senseless by bruiser Lionel Stander, Lloyd gets the credit. Adolphe Menjou, the insomniac manager of Gargan, and his girl friend, Verree Teasdale, are at a loss as to what to do
now that their champ is getting thwacked in the press. Menjou decides to take on Lloyd as ...
Released:
1936
Rated:
NR
Length:
83 mins