{{short description|1932 film}} {{Use American English|date=October 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}} {{more citations needed|date=April 2019}} {{Infobox film | name = The Fighting Fool | image = File:Fighting-Fool-1932-Poster.jpg | alt = | caption = | director = Lambert Hillyer | producer = | screenplay = Frank Howard Clark | starring = {{startplainlist}} * Tim McCoy * Marceline Day * William V. Mong * Dorothy Granger {{endplainlist}} | narrator = | music = Mischa Bakaleinikoff | cinematography = Benjamin H. Kline | editing = Otto Meyer | studio = Columbia Pictures | distributor = Columbia Pictures | released = {{Film date|1932|01|20}} | runtime = 58 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Fighting Fool''''' is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and released by Columbia Pictures starring Tim McCoy, Marceline Day, and William V. Mong.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Fighting Fool |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Search?searchField=MovieName&searchText=The+Fighting+Fool&sortType=sortByRelevance |website=AFI Catalog |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=October 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211015202646/https://catalog.afi.com/Search?searchField=MovieName&searchText=The+Fighting+Fool&sortType=sortByRelevance |archive-date=October 15, 2021}}</ref>
==Plot== Sheriff Collins pursues a villain who erroneously thinks that his father was killed by the sheriff.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wollstein |first1=Hans J. |title=The Fighting Fool (1932) |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-fighting-fool-v91339 |website=AllMovie |access-date=October 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211015201811/https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-fighting-fool-v91339 |archive-date=October 15, 2021}}</ref>
==Cast== * Tim McCoy as Sheriff Tim Collins * Marceline Day as Judith * William V. Mong as Uncle John Lyman * Arthur Rankin as Bud Collins * Dorothy Granger as Nina * Harry Todd as Deputy Hoppy * Bob Kortman as Henchman Charley * Tom Bay as Waiter (uncredited) * Ralph Bucko as Cowhand (uncredited) * Mary Carr as Old Woman (uncredited) * Dick Dickinson as Henchman (uncredited) * Jack Evans as Henchman (uncredited) * Herman Hack as Barfly (uncredited) * Jack Hendricks as Cowhand (uncredited) * Jack Kirk as 3rd Bartender (uncredited) * Frank Lanning as Barfly (uncredited) * Lew Meehan as Henchman (uncredited) * Buck Moulton as Henchman (uncredited) * James Sheridan as Barfly (uncredited) * Al Taylor as Henchman (uncredited) * Ethel Wales as Aunt Jane (uncredited) * Slim Whitaker as Rancher (uncredited)
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==External links== {{Commons category|The Fighting Fool}} *{{IMDb title|0021862}} *{{TCMDb title|74826}} *{{AFI film|4543}}
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