Movie: The Ballyhoo Buster

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Jay Wilsey
Jay Wilsey

Bob Warner

Peggy Shaw
Peggy Shaw

Molly Burnett

Nancy Nash
Nancy Nash

Dorothy

Al Hart
Al Hart

Medicine Show Proprietor

Floyd Shackelford
Floyd Shackelford

Medicine Show Cook

Lafe McKee
Lafe McKee

George Magrill
George Magrill

Brooks Mitchell

Jack Richardson
Jack Richardson

Jim Burnett

Walter Brennan
Walter Brennan

Al Taylor
Al Taylor

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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.

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    1928-01-08

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