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The Battle Royal

191610 minUnited States
Comedy

Synopsis

Two neighboring bootlegging families are linked by young lovers, but a disputed fish starts a feud. The quarrel escalates into gunfire until revenue agents arrive and give both sides a common enemy.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
10:24
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Louis Burstein · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsWillard Louis

Historical context

Oliver Hardy and Billy Ruge appear as Plump and Runt, a comedy pairing from Hardy's career before his partnership with Stan Laurel.

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