# The Fighting Fool

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{{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](/source/Lambert_Hillyer)
| producer = 
| screenplay = [Frank Howard Clark](/source/Frank_Howard_Clark)
| starring = {{startplainlist}}
* [Tim McCoy](/source/Tim_McCoy)
* [Marceline Day](/source/Marceline_Day)
* [William V. Mong](/source/William_V._Mong)
* [Dorothy Granger](/source/Dorothy_Granger)
{{endplainlist}}
| narrator = 
| music = [Mischa Bakaleinikoff](/source/Mischa_Bakaleinikoff)
| cinematography = [Benjamin H. Kline](/source/Benjamin_H._Kline)
| editing = [Otto Meyer](/source/Otto_Meyer_(film_editor))
| studio = [Columbia Pictures](/source/Columbia_Pictures)
| distributor = Columbia Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1932|01|20}}
| runtime = 58 minutes
| country = [United States](/source/United_States)
| language = English
| budget = 
| gross = 
}}
'''''The Fighting Fool'''''  is a 1932 American [pre-Code](/source/pre-Code) [Western film](/source/Western_film) directed by [Lambert Hillyer](/source/Lambert_Hillyer) and released by [Columbia Pictures](/source/Columbia_Pictures) starring [Tim McCoy](/source/Tim_McCoy), [Marceline Day](/source/Marceline_Day), and [William V. Mong](/source/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](/source/Tim_McCoy) as Sheriff Tim Collins
* [Marceline Day](/source/Marceline_Day) as Judith
* [William V. Mong](/source/William_V._Mong) as Uncle John Lyman
* Arthur Rankin as Bud Collins
* [Dorothy Granger](/source/Dorothy_Granger) as Nina
* [Harry Todd](/source/Harry_Todd) as Deputy Hoppy
* [Bob Kortman](/source/Bob_Kortman) as Henchman Charley
* Tom Bay as Waiter (uncredited)
* Ralph Bucko as Cowhand (uncredited)
* [Mary Carr](/source/Mary_Carr) as Old Woman (uncredited)
* [Dick Dickinson](/source/Dick_Dickinson) as Henchman (uncredited)
* Jack Evans as Henchman (uncredited)
* [Herman Hack](/source/Herman_Hack) as Barfly (uncredited)
* Jack Hendricks as Cowhand (uncredited)
* [Jack Kirk](/source/Jack_Kirk) as 3rd Bartender (uncredited)
* [Frank Lanning](/source/Frank_Lanning) as Barfly (uncredited)
* [Lew Meehan](/source/Lew_Meehan) as Henchman (uncredited)
* Buck Moulton as Henchman (uncredited)
* James Sheridan as Barfly (uncredited)
* [Al Taylor](/source/Al_Taylor_(actor)) as Henchman (uncredited)
* [Ethel Wales](/source/Ethel_Wales) as Aunt Jane (uncredited)
* [Slim Whitaker](/source/Slim_Whitaker) as Rancher (uncredited)

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|The Fighting Fool}}
*{{IMDb title|0021862}}
*{{TCMDb title|74826}}
*{{AFI film|4543}}

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Category:1932 films
Category:American Western (genre) films
Category:Columbia Pictures films
Category:1932 Western (genre) films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Lambert Hillyer
Category:1932 English-language films
Category:1932 American films
Category:English-language Western (genre) films

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