{{short description|1929 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Body Punch | image = The Body Punch (1929) lobby card.jpg | alt = | caption = Lobby card | director = Leigh Jason | producer = | screenplay = Harry O. Hoyt<br>Clarence Marks<br>Gardner Bradford | story = Harry O. Hoyt | starring = Jack Dougherty<br>Virginia Brown Faire<br>George Kotsonaros<br>Wilbur Mack<br>Monte Montague<br>Arthur Millett | music = | cinematography = Joseph Brotherton | editing = Frank Atkinson | studio = Universal Pictures | distributor = Universal Pictures | released = {{film date|1929|7|14}} | runtime = 55 minutes | country = United States | language = Silent (English intertitles) | budget = | gross = }}
'''''The Body Punch''''' is a 1929 American silent comedy film directed by Leigh Jason and written by Harry O. Hoyt, Clarence Marks, and Gardner Bradford. The film stars Jack Dougherty, Virginia Brown Faire, George Kotsonaros, Wilbur Mack, Monte Montague, and Arthur Millett. The film was released on July 14, 1929, by Universal Pictures.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/489464/the-body-punch |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909112507/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/489464/The-Body-Punch/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 9, 2018 |title=The Body Punch (1929) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=January 26, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Hans J. Wollstein |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/body-punch-v85577 |title=Body Punch (1928) - Leigh Jason |publisher=AllMovie |date= |accessdate=January 26, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/2949-THE-BODY-PUNCH |title=The Body Punch |publisher=Catalog.afi.com |date= |accessdate=January 26, 2019}}</ref>
==Cast== *Jack Dougherty as Jack Townsend *Virginia Brown Faire as Natalie Sutherland *George Kotsonaros as Paul Steinert *Wilbur Mack as Peyson Turner *Monte Montague as Manager *Arthur Millett as Detective
==Preservation== With no prints of ''The Body Punch'' located in any film archives,<ref>[https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3866/ Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''The Body Punch'']</ref> it is a lost film.
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0019707|The Body Punch}} {{Leigh Jason}}
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