A dim witted, scrawny fellow from the country finds college full of bullies that trick him into various painful situations with the dean. His wife mistakes him for a prize athlete, and he's put on the football team. The big game includes unusual things like a mud hole on the field and a wasp nest substituting for the ball.
Watch the official The Draw-Back 1927 trailer in HD below.
Johnny Arthur as Horace Hayseed
Wallace Lupino as College Football Captain
John Wayne as Opposing Football Player
Al Thompson as College President
Norman Taurog Director
United States 10 April 1927
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