The Shock Punch Explained

The Shock Punch
Director:	Paul Sloane
Producer:	Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky
Starring:	Richard Dix
Cinematography:	William Miller
Distributor:	Paramount Pictures
Runtime:	60 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

The Shock Punch is a 1925 American silent boxing drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It starred Richard Dix and Frances Howard.^{[1] [2]}

Plot

Coming face-to-face with a couple of ruffians, champion boxer Terrence O'Rourke and construction worker Bull Mallarkey, the equally tough Randall Savage flattens each with a single punch.

Randall has a romantic interest in Dorothy Clark, whose father is erecting a new building. To get closer to her, Randall lands a job as a riveter. He then learns that not only is Bull Malarkey foreman of the crew, but is plotting to ruin Dorothy's father in business as well. Randall makes sure that does not happen.

Preservation

A print of The Shock Punch is preserved at the Library of Congress.^{[3] [4]}

See also

• List of boxing films

External links

• • • Stills at silenthollywood.com

Notes and References

1. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/ShockPunch1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: The Shock Punch
2. http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=12059 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Shock Punch
3. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at the Library of Congress, p. 164 by the American Film Institute c.1978
4. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2211/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Shock Punch