Brass Knuckles (film)

Brass Knuckles is a surviving 1927 synchronized sound crime film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Monte Blue, Betty Bronson and William Russell. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process. The film was produced and distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures.

Cast

 * Monte Blue - Zac Harrison
 * Betty Bronson - June Curry
 * William Russell - 'Brass Knuckles' Lamont
 * George E. Stone - Velvet Smith(*Georgie Stone)
 * Paul Panzer - Sergeant Peters
 * Jack Curtis - Murphy

Preservation status

 * This film survives, like several late Warner Brothers and First National silents, in the Italian archive Cineteca Italiana, Milan. Its trailer is held in the Library of Congress collection.