THE HEART PUNCH (1932) Lloyd Hughes, Marion Shilling & George J. Lewis | Drama, Romance, Sport | B&W

The Heart Punch is a 1932 American pre-Code melodrama film directed by B. Reeves Eason, and starring Lloyd Hughes, Marion Shilling and Mae Busch. It was one of the first films from Mayfair Pictures.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Palmentola.

SYNOPSIS
During a boxing match a fighter accidentally kills his opponent in the ring. Afterwards he finds himself falling in love with the dead man's sister.

A prizefighter named Jimmy Milligan (aka the Cyclone Kid) meets his sweetheart's brother in the ring and accidentally kills him. She forgives him after he promises not to fight again. After his sweetheart goes to jail, however, he is compelled to set up one more fight in order to raise funds for her trial.

CAST & CREW
Lloyd Hughes as Jimmy Milligan
Marion Shilling as Kitty Doyle
George J. Lewis as Lefty Doyle
Mae Busch as Goldie Zenius
Wheeler Oakman as Spike Patterson
Walter Miller as Joe Zenias
James B. Leong as Wong
Gordon De Main as Defense Attorney Benton
Hal Price as Mr. Webster
Edward Peil Sr. as Prosecutor
Tammany Young as Benny, the Waiter
Henry Hall as Judge
Kit Guard as Man Outside Gym

Directed by B. Reeves Eason
Screenplay by John T. Neville
Produced by Ralph M. Like, Fanchon Royer, George W. Weeks
Cinematography George Meehan
Edited by Jeanne Spencer
Production company Ralph M. Like Productions
Distributed by Mayfair Pictures
Release date October 18, 1932
Running time 70 minutes
Country United States
Language English

NOTES
Critics called the film "swell entertainment," lauding the picture for its "two realistic fights."

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