The Battling Fool (1924)

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William Fairbanks stars in this fighting feature about a rural rube who enters the ring to earn prize money to help a crippled girl.
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Aug 01, 1924
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William Fairbanks stars in this fighting feature about a rural rube who enters the ring to earn prize money to help a crippled girl.

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