''They Never Come Back'' is a 1932 American
pre-Code drama film directed by
Fred C. Newmeyer
Fred C. Newmeyer (August 9, 1888 – April 24, 1967) was an American actor, film director and film producer.
Biography
A native of Central City, Colorado, Newmeyer is best known for directing a handful of films in the ''Our Gang'' series and fo ...
and starring
Regis Toomey and
Dorothy Sebastian.
In the film, a boxer is framed for theft and imprisoned. Following his release, he has a fistfight with the man who framed him.
Plot summary
Distracted just before the fight by the news that his mother has died, boxer Jimmy Nolan is defeated in the ring. As he and his sister Mary attend the funeral, Jimmy also deals with an injured arm from the fight.
At a nightclub Jerry Filmore owns, Jimmy meets dancer Adele, who is Filmore's romantic interest as well. A ticket taker at the door, Ralph Landon, takes $500 from the till and plants it on Jimmy, framing him. Jimmy goes to jail.
Ralph falls in love with Mary and confides to her that he owed $1,000 to Filmore and set up her brother on his behalf. Jimmy gets out of jail, accepts a fight and wins a $1,000 prize, settling Ralph's account with Filmore. It leads to a fistfight between the two men. Jimmy wins that one as well.
Cast
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Regis Toomey as Jimmy Nolan
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Dorothy Sebastian as Adele Landon
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Edward Woods as Ralph Landon
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Greta Granstedt as Mary Nolan
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Earle Foxe
Earle Foxe (born Earl Aldrich Fox; December 25, 1891 – December 10, 1973) was an American actor.
Early years
Foxe was born in Oxford, Ohio, to Charles Aldrich Fox, originally of Flint, Michigan, and Eva May Herron. He was educated at Ohio Sta ...
as Jerry Filmore
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Gertrude Astor as Kate
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James J. Jeffries as First Referee
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George Byron
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron, was an English romantic poet and peer. He was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, and has been regarded as among the ...
as Eddie Donovan
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Jack Richardson as Hank Bates
See also
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List of boxing films
This is a list of films about boxing, featuring notable sports films where boxing plays a central role in the development of the plot.
The Patent Leather Kid
1927
A self-centered boxer learns the meaning of patriotism on the battlefield dur ...
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1932 films
1930s sports drama films
American black-and-white films
American boxing films
American sports drama films
1930s English-language films
Films directed by Fred C. Newmeyer
1930s American films
Films with screenplays by Sherman Lowe
Films about miscarriage of justice
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