The Milky Way

Timid milkman, Burleigh Sullivan, somehow knocks out a boxing champ in a brawl. The fighter's manager decides to build up the milkman's reputation in a series of fixed fights and then have the champ beat him to regain his title.

Cast

Harold Lloyd

as Burleigh Sullivan

Adolphe Menjou

as Gabby Sloan

Verree Teasdale

as Ann Westley

Helen Mack

as Mae Sullivan

William Gargan

as Speed McFarland

George Barbier

as Wilbur Austin

Dorothy Wilson

as Polly Pringle

Lionel Stander

as Spider Schultz

Charles Lane

as Willard

Marjorie Gateson

as Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne

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