The Cock-Eyed World

The Cock-Eyed World
Original film poster
Directed byRaoul Walsh
Written byRaoul Walsh
William K. Wells
Wilbur Morse Jr.
Maxwell Anderson
Wilson Mizner
Laurence Stallings
Tom Barry
StarringVictor McLaglen
Edmund Lowe
Lili Damita
CinematographyArthur Edeson
Edited byJack Dennis
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release dates
  • August 3, 1929 (1929-08-03) (New York City, premiere)
  • October 20, 1929 (1929-10-20) (US)
Running time
118 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2.7 million

The Cock-Eyed World is a 1929 American sound (All-Talking) pre-Code musical comedy feature film. One of the earliest "talkies", it was a sequel to What Price Glory? (1926), it was directed and written by Raoul Walsh and based on the Flagg and Quirt story by Maxwell Anderson, Tom Barry, Wilson Mizner, and Laurence Stallings. Fox Film Corporation released the film at the Roxy in New York on August 3, 1929.

The film stars Victor McLaglen and Edmund Lowe, reprising their original roles, as well as Lili Damita. The picture was also released in a silent version on October 5, 1929.