The Leather Pushers | |
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Directed by | Harry A. Pollard Mal St. Clair |
Screenplay by | Darryl F. Zanuck |
Based on | stories by H. C. Witwer |
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Distributed by | Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
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Running time | 2 reels per episode |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Leather Pushers is a 1922 American film serial starring Reginald Denny (and Billy Sullivan in the fourth series), and based on boxing stories by H. C. Witwer originally published in Collier's Weekly . The screenplays were written by a young Darryl F. Zanuck. [1]
Only episodes 2 and 3 exist, along with a trailer for the series. [2]
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