A man bets his entire existence on luck itself — and builds a freaking town with boxing money.
A young man is bet $100,000 that his famous luck can hold out and he can make that sum in one year's time, literally starting with nothing. He proceeds to Pennsylvania, where prize fight winnings are used to build a new town.
Stunts
Johnny Hines performs his own boxing sequences with genuine athleticism.
Production
Miniature town-building sequences are surprisingly ambitious for 1923.
Johnny Hines
Robert Carter
Violet Mersereau
Sylvia Templeton
Robert Edeson
Judge Templeton
Edmund Breese
Alan Crosby
Charles Murray
The Plumber
Polly Moran
Dumb Dora - Fight Enthusiast
Warner Richmond
Pollard
Flora Finch
The Plumber's Best Girl
Harry L. Fraser
Phillip Rushford - Lawyer
Matthew Betz
Fighting Miner
Thomas Carr
Copy Boy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
1923 audiences lived through the 1920-21 depression; watching a man build prosperity from nothing was pure escapist fantasy.
Johnny Hines was so popular he received 3,000 fan letters weekly—this film capitalized on his 'average guy makes good' screen persona.
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