Lady and Gent

Lady and Gent is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Stephen Roberts for Paramount, featuring a young Charles ("Durango Kid") Starrett, Syd ("Three Mesquiteers") Saylor and an early supporting role by John Wayne.[1]

Lady and Gent
Directed byStephen Roberts
Written byGrover Jones
William Slavens McNutt
StarringGeorge Bancroft
Wynne Gibson
CinematographyHarry Fischbeck
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • July 15, 1932 (1932-07-15)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

A young boxer named Buzz Kinney (John Wayne), fresh out of college, is able to knock out Stag Bailey (George Bancroft) when the veteran fighter becomes cocky. His manager, Pin Streaver, is left despondent as he had bet an obscene amount of money on Stag, including a large percentage of the prize money, and can't pay what he owes. When Stag's attempts to borrow the cash fails, Pin tries unsuccessfully to rob the boxing arena's safe and is killed while escaping by a security guard's bullet. Stag manages to bring Pin's body to another location and tells police that Pin apparently shot himself, so that Pin won't go down as a criminal.

Later Pin's school-aged son Ted (Charles Starrett) shows up, and Stag and his girlfriend Puff help raise the boy, while trying to dissuade him from a career in boxing. Later in the film, Buzz Kinney shows up in a bar, badly beaten in a fight, reduced to a wreck with a broken nose and a cauliflower ear. He insults Puff and Stag takes him out to the kitchen and punches him out. In the end, Stag and Puff get married so they can legally adopt Pin's orphaned son Ted, and they talk the boy into going to college instead of being a prizefighter.

Cast

See also

References
  1. "Lady and Gent". NY Times. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
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