The Battle of the Century (1927)

Name: The Battle of the Century
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1927-12-31
Duration: 19 min
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Dorothy Coburn, Lou Costello, Anita Garvin

The comedy that you've read about, heard about, and waited for.

Fight manager takes out an insurance policy on his puny pugilist and then proceeds to try to arrange for an accident so that he can collect.

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Released 1927-12-31 · 19 min · Comedy

Directed by Clyde Bruckman

Cast

Stan Laurel as Prize Fighter
Oliver Hardy as Manager
Dorothy Coburn as Pie Victim Boarding Auto (uncredited)
Lou Costello as Boxing Hall Extra (uncredited)
Anita Garvin as Slips on pie (uncredited)
Dick Gilbert as Sewer Worker (uncredited)
Charlie Hall as Pie Delivery Man (uncredited)
Al Hallett as Bit Part (uncredited)
Jack Hill as Ringside Spectator (uncredited)
Ham Kinsey as Ringside spectator (uncredited)
Sam Lufkin as Boxing referee (uncredited)
Eugene Pallette as Insurance agent (uncredited)
Lyle Tayo as Woman at window (uncredited)
Ellinor Vanderveer as Lady in car (uncredited)
Dorothea Wolbert as Warring pedestrian (uncredited)