The Leather Pushers

Watch Movie

The Leather Pushers

"The Champion Action-Comedy of the Year!"

1940

1h 4m

0.0(0 votes)

Comedy

Adventure

Overview

A shifty boxing promoter places an amateur in fixed fights, then hands his contract over to an suspicious female investigative reporter as a raffle prize. He later regrets his actions, however, when the boxer becomes an honest champion.

Links & Resources

IMDbView

Social & External

IMDb

Production Companies

Cast & Crew

19 members

Acting

Richard Arlen

Dick 'Kid' Roberts

Acting

Andy Devine

Andy Adams

Acting

Astrid Allwyn

Pat Danbury

Acting

Douglas Fowley

Slick Connolly

Acting

Charles D. Brown

J.R. Stevens

Acting

Shemp Howard

Sailor McNeill

Acting

Horace McMahon

Slugger Mears

Acting

Charles Lane

Henry 'Mitch' Mitchell

Acting

Wade Boteler

Fight Commissioner Dunlap

Acting

George Lloyd

Joe Johnson

Acting

Eddie Gribbon

Pete Manson

Acting

Frank Mitchell

Grogan's Manager

Acting

Reid Kilpatrick

Ringside Commentator

Acting

Ben Alexander

Dan Brown, Announcer

Acting

Al Bain

Unknown Role

Acting

Bobby Barber

Unknown Role

Acting

Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Unknown Role

Acting

John Dilson

Unknown Role

Acting

Frances Morris

Unknown Role

Similar Movies

7.2

1985

My Life as a Dog

A boy, obsessed with comparing himself with those less fortunate, experiences a different life at the home of his aunt and uncle in 1959 Sweden.

Movie

2025

To Be a Starfish

A young prizefighter has finally found his purpose in the world, but is increasingly terrified of becoming lazy and useless like D'Artagnan, his pet starfish.

Movie

6.8

1992

Far and Away

A young couple escapes Ireland, dreaming of a new life during the land giveaway in Oklahoma. As they struggle to survive against betrayal and harsh winter conditions, they must fend off her parents who are determined to bring her back home.

Movie

8.3

1931

City Lights

A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.

Movie

6.7

1998

Out of Sight

Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they're willing to risk it all to find out if there's more between them than just the law.

Movie

4.2

2020

The Grand Grandmaster

The grand master Fei Lung lost everything after he got defeated by Chun. To regain his reputation, Fei Lung challenges her to a final fight. Much to his surprise, he gradually falls in love with Chun. Will he be able to win both Chun’s heart and the battle at the end?

Movie

1927

On Your Toes!

Silent boxing sports comedy about a boxer whose grandmother wants him to be a ballet dancer, so he has the boxers at his training camp pose as ballet dancers to fool granny, with predictable results

Movie

1925

The Wildcat

After years of living a partying / drinking lifestyle, a boxer (Gordon Clifford) try's to get his life on the right track after his manager moves him to a secluded ranch. While training, things gets complicated as Clifford's new gal pal comes complete with stolen jewels!

Movie

2.3

1989

Going Overboard

A struggling young comedian takes a menial job on a cruise ship where he hopes for his big chance to make it in the world of cruise ship comedy.

Movie

6.3

1992

Diggstown

Gabriel Caine has just been released from prison when he sets up a bet with a business man who owns most of Diggstown, a boxing-mad town. The bet is that Gabe can find a boxer that will knock out 10 Diggstown men, in a boxing ring, within 24 hours. Roy 'Honey' Palmer is that man that, at 48, many say he is too old.

Movie

5.3

1996

The Great White Hype

When the champ's promoter, Rev. Sultan, decides something new is needed to boost the marketability of the boxing matches, he searches and finds the only man to ever beat the champ. The problem is that he isn't a boxer anymore and he's white. However, once Rev. Sultan convinces him to fight, he goes into heavy training while the confident champ takes it easy and falls out of shape.

Movie

5.5

1999

Play It to the Bone

Two aging fighters in LA, friends, get a call from a Vegas promoter because his undercard fighters for a Mike Tyson bout that night are suddenly unavailable. He wants them to box each other. They agree as long as the winner gets a shot at the middleweight title. They enlist Grace, Cesar's current and Vinnie's ex girlfriend, to drive them to Vegas.

Movie

5.9

2017

Never Say Die

A boxer and a journalist accidentally exchange bodies after they are struck by current, embarking a series of adventures.

Movie

5.7

2019

The Fight

Tina lives in a quiet seaside town but her life is anything but quiet - her mother is threatening to leave her father, her daughter is being bullied and she and her husband Mick are juggling full time jobs and three children. Determined to ditch the dysfunction and beat her inner demons, Tina puts on her fighting gloves - literally, stepping into the boxing ring to sweat out her anxieties and punch up her self-worth. But does she have what it takes to get her family off the ropes and emerge victorious?

Movie

6.4

2025

Alappuzha Gymkhana

A group of youngsters, after failing their plus two exams, aims to join a common college through the sports quota. They choose boxing as their sport. By luck, they manage to survive the district-level competitions. But what will happen at the higher levels?

Movie

3.8

1992

Rokudenashi BLUES

Trouble finds Maeda, a good-for-nothing outcast with dreams of becoming a boxing champ, soon after enrolling at Teiken High School. His cavalier clumsiness has a way of attracting attention from gang leaders, school staff, and the precocious schoolgirl Chiaki. When a dangerous new gang leader threatens to upend order in the school, Maeda puts his training to work — along with every brain cell he can muster — to protect the balance of power.

Movie

6.0

1975

We Are No Angels

Two wannabes rig a fight with a large prize fighter to buy a car.

Movie

5.0

1937

Flying Fists

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.

Movie

4.2

1971

I due assi del guantone

Two waiters who work in a restaurant, whose owner is a big boxing fan, pretend one of them is a boxer and the other his manager. The supposed boxer wins his first matches thanks to set ups organized by the other but when he beats a champion from another part of town, he is severely beaten up by his supporters.

Movie

4.0

1993

Ebbies Bluff

Rudy actually wanted to become one of the greats as a boxer - but when he gets knocked out again and the money is so tight that he has to drive out eggs, he listens to his friend Ebbie and tries his hand as a musician. When Ebbie finds the super wire to his record company, success seems inevitable. The first open air concert takes place, and after this performance all problems are solved - only differently than you think!

Movie