The Big Timer

The Big Timer
Directed by	Edward Buzzell
Written by	Robert Riskin Dorothy Howell
Starring	Ben Lyon Constance Cummings Thelma Todd
Cinematography	L. William O'Connell
Edited by	Gene Milford
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	March 10, 1932 (1932-03-10)
Running time	74 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Big Timer is a 1932 American Pre-Code sports drama film directed by Edward Buzzell and starring Ben Lyon, Constance Cummings and Thelma Todd. Produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures, it is about a boxer whose success goes to his head.

Plot

Cooky Bradford wants to make enough money to buy a lunch wagon. He ends up falling for, and fighting for, boxing manager Pop Baldwin's daughter, Honey.

Cast

• Ben Lyon as Cooky Bradford
• Constance Cummings as Honey Baldwin
• Thelma Todd as Kay Mitchell
• Tom Dugan as Catfish
• Robert Emmett O'Connor as Dan Wilson
• Charley Grapewin as John 'Pop' Baldwin
• Russell Hopton as Sullivan

See also

• List of boxing films

Bibliography

• Morgan, Michelle The Ice Cream Blonde: The Whirlwind Life and Mysterious Death of Screwball Comedienne Thelma Todd. Chicago Review Press, 2015.
• Scott, Ian. In Capra's Shadow: The Life and Career of Screenwriter Robert Riskin. University Press of Kentucky, 2014.

External links

• The Big Timer at the TCM Movie Database
• The Big Timer at IMDb
• The Big Timer at AllMovie