Goat Getter

In the vibrant, early days of professional boxing exhibitions, "Lightning" Bradley, the reigning lightweight champion, finds his carefully managed career disrupted by an unexpected challenger. During a seemingly routine bout in a modest Western town, Bradley effortlessly dispatches the unknown Billy Morris. However, Morris refuses to fade into obscurity; instead, he embarks on an audacious, relentless campaign of psychological warfare, pursuing the champion across the country, publicly taunting and needling him – effectively, 'getting his goat.' This determined pursuit culminates in Hollywood, where Bradley is leveraging his fame for a motion picture role. Here, Morris manipulates circumstances to secure a staged boxing match before the cameras, designed to be a controlled victory for Bradley. Yet, against all expectations and the script, Morris delivers a genuine knockout blow. Bradley's management scrambles to suppress this embarrassing truth, but Morris, with newfound public recognition and the affections of film star Virginia Avery, ensures the story breaks, cementing his own unlikely triumph.