''Fighting Youth'' is a 1935 American

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directed by Hamilton MacFadden and written by Henry Johnson, Hamilton MacFadden and newspaper reporter Florabel Muir. The film stars Charles Farrell,

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, Andy Devine,

J. Farrell MacDonald John Farrell MacDonald (June 6, 1875 – August 2, 1952) was an American character actor and director. He played supporting roles and occasional leads. He appeared in over 325 films over a four-decade career from 1911 to 1951, and directed fort ...

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and

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. The film was released on November 1, 1935, by

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Plot

A radical campus group persuades student Carol Arlington to lead a protest of a college's football team. She manages to recruit Larry Davis, even though he is a star player for State's team. Larry needs money to marry sweetheart Betty Wilson, but needs a job. Carol and the committee protest that the school is using its athletes to make a profit. A distracted Larry fumbles in the next game and is kicked off the team by Coach Parker, who is offended by Larry's campus activities. With some asserting that Larry lost the game on purpose, a campus radical, Tony Tonetti, turns out to be an undercover agent investigating troublemakers trying to infiltrate the campus and influence the students. Larry is left out of the big season-ending game until the very end, when Parker has a change of heart, lets him play and ends up victorious.

Cast

* Charles Farrell as Larry Davis *

as Betty Wilson * Andy Devine as Cy Kipp *

as Coach Parker *

as Carol Arlington *

as Anthony Tonnetti * Herman Bing as Luigi * Phyllis Fraser as Dodo Gates *Stephen Chase as Louis Markoff * Jim Purvis as Football Player from Purdue * Paul Schwegler as Football Player from University of Washington *Leslie Cooper as Football Player from Minnesota *Howard Christie as Cadet Christie from University of California * Frank Sully as Football Player from St. Louis *Glen Boles as Paul * Murray Kinnell as Dean James Churchill *David Worth as Football Captain Blake *

Jeff Cravath Newell Jefferson Cravath (February 3, 1903 – December 10, 1953) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach the University of Denver from 1929 to 1931, at the University of San Francisco in 1941, and at the U ...

as Assistant Coach *

Charles C. Wilson Charles Cahill Wilson (July 29, 1894 – January 7, 1948) was an American screen and stage actor. He appeared in numerous films during the Golden Age of Hollywood from the late 1920s to late 1940s. Biography Born in New York City in 1894, the ...

as Bull Stevens *Walter Johnson as Buck * Jean Rogers as Blonde Student *

Clara Kimball Young Clara Kimball Young (born Edith Matilda Clara Kimball; September 6, 1890 – October 15, 1960) was an American film actress who was popular in the early silent film era. Early life Edith Matilda Clara Kimball was born in Chicago on Septembe ...

as Mrs. Stewart *Ralph Brooks as Football Player *Robert Hale as Student * Dell Henderson as Detective * Russell Wade as Buck's Roommate * John 'Dusty' King as Singing Band Leader

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* 1935 films American drama films 1935 drama films Universal Pictures films Films directed by Hamilton MacFadden American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films English-language drama films {{1930s-drama-film-stub

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