The Milky Way
A fighting milkman who outfights and outsmarts everyone-including himself!
1936 · 1h 29m · Passed
Comedy
Directed by
Leo McCarey
Overview
Timid milkman, Burleigh Sullivan, somehow knocks out a boxing champ in a brawl. The fighter's manager decides to build up the milkman's reputation in a series of fixed fights and then have the champ beat him to regain his title.
Director and cast
- Leo McCarey Director
- Harold Lloyd as Burleigh Sullivan
- Adolphe Menjou as Gabby Sloan
- Verree Teasdale as Ann Westley
- Helen Mack as Mae Sullivan
- William Gargan as Speed McFarland
- George Barbier as Wilbur Austin
- Dorothy Wilson as Polly Pringle
- Lionel Stander as Spider Schultz
- Charles Lane as Willard
- Marjorie Gateson as Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne
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