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The Duke Steps Out (1929)

NR ★ 6.5/10 62 min Drama, Comedy United States English
Director: James Cruze
Streaming: Not available
Greatest Fight Story In History

Description

Millionaire's son Duke wants to be a champion boxer but takes time out to enroll in college when he sees co-ed Susie. The students wonder about his having a chauffeur and house full of servants. Susie likes him but, to get rid of her, his manager tells her Duke already has a New York chorus girl. As the students listen to a radio broadcast of his victorious fight from San Francisco, she learns that the student Duke is the boxer Duke and that there is no chorus girl.

Top Cast

William Haines
William Haines Duke
Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford Susie
Delmer Daves
Delmer Daves Bossy Edwards
Tenen Holtz
Tenen Holtz Jake, Duke's manager
Edward Nugent
Edward Nugent Tommy Welles
Karl Dane
Karl Dane Barney, Duke's chauffeur
Luke Cosgrave
Luke Cosgrave Prof. Widdicombe
Jack Roper Poison Kerrigan

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