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Battling Butler

Battling Butler

Comedy · Romance · 1926

A meek millionaire masquerades as a boxing star to win a girl's heart.

Movie details

Battling Butler

“Gloves seemed to hit him from all sides!”

1926 Comedy · Romance 1h 17m

Critical arithmetic

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6.7 / 10

Community rating

A meek millionaire masquerades as a boxing star to win a girl's heart.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Buster Keaton

Written by

Lex Neal · Al Boasberg

Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

Alfred Butler

Snitz Edwards

Snitz Edwards

Alfred's Valet

Sally O'Neil

Sally O'Neil

The Mountain Girl

Walter James

Walter James

The Mountain Girl's Father

Budd Fine

Budd Fine

The Mountain Girl's Brother

Francis McDonald

Francis McDonald

Alfred 'Battling' Butler

M

Mary O'Brien

Battling Butler's Wife

Court is in session

Put Battling Butler on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.