Overview
William Fairbanks stars in this fighting feature about a rural rube who enters the ring to earn prize money to help a crippled girl.
Director and cast
- William Fairbanks as Mark Jenkins
- Eva Novak as Helen Chadwick
- Fred J. Butler as Hiram Chadwick
- Laura Winston as Mrs.Chadwick
- Mark Fenton as Reverend Josiah Jenkins
- Catherine Craig as Madeline Le Bertin
- Jack Byron as Clarence Lorraine
- Pat Harmon as Jerry Sullivan
- Andrew Waldron as Reuben - the Chief of Police
- Ted Adams as Townsman at Boxing Match (uncredited)
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