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No Holds Barred (1952 film)

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For the 1989 film of the same name starring Hulk Hogan, see No Holds Barred (1989 film).

No Holds Barred
Directed byWilliam Beaudine
Written byTim Ryan
Bert Lawrence
Jack Crutcher
Produced byJerry Thomas
StarringLeo Gorcey
Huntz Hall
David Gorcey
Bernard Gorcey
CinematographyErnest Miller
Edited byWilliam Austin
Music byEdward J. Kay
Production
company
Distributed byMonogram Pictures
Release date
  • November 23, 1952 (1952-11-23)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

No Holds Barred is a 1952 American comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring The Bowery Boys, Marjorie Reynolds and Leonard Penn.[1] The film was released on November 23, 1952, by Monogram Pictures and is the twenty-eighth film in the series.

Plot

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Sach's head becomes hard and he feels no pain. As a result, Slip enters him into a wrestling match hoping to win $1,000. However, Sach's strength has disappeared from his head. Luckily they discover that it has traveled to his finger, and he wins the match. Slip decides to enter Sach into more matches, but a rival manager wants to take control. Slip resists the offer and Sach goes onto become world champion, with his power traveling to various parts of his body, including his elbow and toes. The rival manager prevents another wrestler from fighting Sach in a charity match so that his wrestler can go against him. The boys are then kidnapped in the hopes that they will reveal where Sach's power has traveled to. They escape and Sach enters the ring, not knowing where his power is. Slip discovers that it in on Sach's derrière, and uses that knowledge to win the match. In the end, when Slip is about to give Sach a new nickname based upon where his power now lies, Sach says to him, "You say it and we're out of pictures!"

Cast

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The Bowery Boys

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Remaining cast

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Home media

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Warner Archives released the film on made-to-order DVD in the United States as part of "The Bowery Boys, Volume One" on November 23, 2012.

References

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  1. ^ Hayes, David (1984). The Films of the Bowery Boys. Secaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press. ISBN 978-0806509310.
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Preceded by 'The Bowery Boys' movies
1946-1958
Succeeded by
Jalopy
1953