THEY NEVER COME BACK (1932) Regis Toomey & Dorothy Sebastian | Action, Crime, Drama | B&W

They Never Come Back is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and starring Regis Toomey and Dorothy Sebastian.

SYNOPSIS
Prizefighter Jimmy Nolan, facing an opportunity to get a championship fight, is knocked out when he sustains what is apparently a permanent injury to his arm. From there, Nolan's path leads downhill. He is drawn into a romance with a nightclub entertainer, then is framed on a theft charge by a jealous suitor. After his prison term, Nolan makes a spectacular comeback in a fight which proves his courage and integrity, while disproving the fallacy about the old sports adage that "they never come back."

Distracted just before the fight by the news that his mother has died, boxer Jimmy Nolan is defeated in the ring. As he and his sister Mary attend the funeral, Jimmy also deals with an injured arm from the fight.

At a nightclub Jerry Filmore owns, Jimmy meets dancer Adele, who is Filmore's romantic interest as well. A ticket taker at the door, Ralph Landon, takes $500 from the till and plants it on Jimmy, framing him. Jimmy goes to jail.

Ralph falls in love with Mary and confides to her that he owed $1,000 to Filmore and set up her brother on his behalf. Jimmy gets out of jail, accepts a fight and wins a $1,000 prize, settling Ralph's account with Filmore. It leads to a fistfight between the two men. Jimmy wins that one as well.

CAST & CREW
Regis Toomey as Jimmy Nolan
Dorothy Sebastian as Adele Landon
Edward Woods as Ralph Landon
Greta Granstedt as Mary Nolan
Earle Foxe as Jerry Filmore
Gertrude Astor as Kate
James J. Jeffries as First Referee
George Byron as Eddie Donovan
Jack Richardson as Hank Bates

Directed by Fred C. Newmeyer
Written by Arthur Hoerl (continuity and dialogue), Sherman L. Lowe (continuity and dialogue)
Produced by Louis Weiss
Cinematography James Diamond
Edited by Holbrook N. Todd
Production company Supreme Feature Films Company
Distributed by Weiss Brothers
Release date May 1, 1932
Running time 64 minutes
Country United States
Language English

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