FLYING FISTS (1937) Bruce Bennett, Jean Martel & Fuzzy Knight | Action, Adventure, Drama | B&W

Flying Fists is a 1937 American film directed by Robert F. Hill. The film is also known as The Last Comeback (American alternative title).

SYNOPSIS
A lumberjack knocks out a champion boxer in a brawl, gets drawn into the boxing world where he is unknowingly set up for a fixed fight.

Hal Donovan gets into a fight with ex-heavyweight champion Slug Cassidy at a lumber camp in the north woods. Slug takes a bad beating and he and his trainer, Spider, urge Hal to become a professional boxer. Soon, "Chopper" Hal proves to be a natural and is beating all comers. He meets Kay Conrad, who is struggling to support her father, an ex-fighter invalided for life in the ring, and her young brother Dickie. Kay hates everything connected to the sport, and Hal keeps her ignorant of his profession. But Slug and Spider tell the Conrads of Hal's identity as "Chopper" Hal, and Kay breaks off the engagement while Hal takes to the open road. Hal, now a tramp, picks up odd jobs where he can find them and one of them leads him to a training camp where he meets Slug and Spider with their new fighter Lion Lee. He also meets Kay and learns that her father is in desperate need of money.

CAST & CREW
Bruce Bennett as Hal "Chopper" Donovan, aka Hal Smith
Jeanne Martel as Katherine "Kay" Conrad
Fuzzy Knight as Spider
J. Farrell MacDonald as Bill "One-Punch" Fagin
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams as Slug Cassidy
Dickie Jones as Dickie Martin
Charles Williams as Meggs, the Reporter
John Elliott as Jim Conrad
William "Billy" Benedict as Monk, Tall Kid
Jack "Tiny" Lipson as Duncan

Directed by Robert F. Hill
Written by Robert F. Hill (story), Basil Dickey (screenplay)
Produced by Sam Katzman
Cinematography William Hyer
Edited by Holbrook N. Todd
Distributed by Victory Pictures Corporation
Release date July 1, 1937
Running time 63 minutes
Country United States
Language English