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- DirectorMarshall NeilanStarsZasu PittsThelma ToddGuinn 'Big Boy' WilliamsZaSu falls for a wrestler and drags Thelma to his next fight.
- DirectorVernon StallingsStarsCharles J. CorrellFreeman F. GosdenIn this "Amos and Andy" short, Kingfish talks Andy into getting into professional wrestling, and sets him up in a match with a real bruiser. Things don't go well.
- DirectorLloyd FrenchStarsRobert NortonBeverly PhalonShemp HowardJoe Palooka and Strangler Chokeovitch have set up training camps on adjacent beachfront sites. When Joe knocks out the Strangler after a misunderstanding, Chokeovitch's manager challenges the champ to a professional wrestling bout, with the winner taking all the gate receipts.
- DirectorJoseph LernerStarsJack CarsonJanis PaigeVince EdwardsA gullible and honest "Mr. Universe" winner, Tommy Tomkins, gets added to the stable of a con-man and a wrestling prompter. He wins match after match, legitimately, and then balks when he is told he must lose a match, as all in the phony-sport of professional wrestling must do at one time or another.A complication arises when Tommy can not be taught to be dishonest. Complications also arise when a gangster tries to buy in on the setup. A "comedy" film based on the tragic career of prizefighter Primo Canera.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsLeo GorceyHuntz HallMarjorie ReynoldsSach acquires super strength, which the boys attempt to cash in on by turning him into a professional wrestler.
- DirectorJames A. WestmanStarsEdward AsnerElaine GiftosVerne GagneFrank Bass takes a stand and defends what he thinks is right. Gamblers and money-grubbing conspire to corrupt the industry. Frank's efforts climax as he promotes an over-the-hill champion in the final matches of his career.
- DirectorCarl ReinerStarsHenry WinklerKim DarbyGene SaksHenry Winkler portrays an outrageously self-confident but out-of-work actor, a young man who dreams of stardom and leaves college to pursue fame and fortune.
- DirectorPaul LynchStarsWilliam SmithMicheline LanctôtHenry BeckmanA young athelete becomes the unlikely star of an itinerant wrestling troupe, and a rival promoter will go to any length to steal him away.