The Ballyhoo Buster

January. 08,1928      NR
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Bob Warner sells some cattle to two men who later drug him and rob him of the sale money. He takes a job with a medicine show as a barker, offering a reward to any spectator to last three rounds in fighting him. While in the ring, he notices in the audience the two men who stole his money. He knocks out his contestant, pursues the crooks, and recovers the money.

Jay Wilsey as  Bob Warner
Peggy Shaw as  Molly Burnett
Nancy Nash as  Dorothy
Al Hart as  Medicine Show Proprietor
Lafe McKee as  
George Magrill as  Brooks Mitchell
Jack Richardson as  Jim Burnett
Al Taylor as  

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