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Bare Knuckles Synopsis
Tim McGuire, renowned as "The Brute" in the San Francisco underworld, has an adopted family including his boyhood friend Abie and a former professor and his daughter. When he rescues a visitor, Lorraine Metcalf, from a gang of hoodlums, her father awards him a position as construction supervisor for a dam project in the Sierras. The company is opposed by a rival gang aided by a dishonest employee who kidnaps Lorraine during a gang fight. Tim save the camp from a dynamite explosion and wins the girl.
The Jackeroo of Coolabong Synopsis
Brian O'Farrell (Snowy Baker), is an English 'new chum' who takes a job at an Australian cattle station. He is teased by station hands because of his appearance (including spats and a monocle) but he soon impresses them with his skills at riding and boxing. The station manager, John MacDonald (Wilfred Lucas), takes O'Farrell to Sydney to meet his daughter Edith (Kathleen Key) who is working in the slums. Edith is kidnapped by criminals after witnessing a crime but O'Farrell rescues her. It is later revealed he is the owner of the station.
"Bare Knuckles" holds a slight edge in general audience appreciation, but "The Jackeroo of Coolabong" offers its own unique cult appeal.
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