The Body Punch | |
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Directed by | Leigh Jason |
Screenplay by | Harry O. Hoyt Clarence Marks Gardner Bradford |
Story by | Harry O. Hoyt |
Starring | Jack Dougherty Virginia Brown Faire George Kotsonaros Wilbur Mack Monte Montague Arthur Millett |
Cinematography | Joseph Brotherton |
Edited by | Frank Atkinson |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 55 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Body Punch is a 1929 American silent comedy film directed by Leigh Jason and written by Harry O. Hoyt, Clarence Marks, and Gardner Bradford. The film stars Jack Dougherty, Virginia Brown Faire, George Kotsonaros, Wilbur Mack, Monte Montague, and Arthur Millett. The film was released on July 14, 1929, by Universal Pictures. [1] [2] [3]
With no prints of The Body Punch located in any film archives, [4] it is a lost film.
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