- Country: USA
- Genres: Comedy, Short
- Release: 1927-12-31
- Director: Clyde Bruckman , Leo McCarey
- Writers: H.M. Walker
- Language: English
- Stars: Stan Laurel , Oliver Hardy , Jack Adams , Chester A. Bachman , Wilson Benge , Ed Brandenburg , Ed Brandenburg , Dorothy Coburn , Monte Collins , Lou Costello , Edgar Dearing
- Runtime: 19 min
- Awards: 1 win
- AKA: Den store kamp (Denmark) , The Battle of the Century , Битката на столетието (Bulgaria) , Bitwa stulecia (Poland) , Битва столетия , Die Schlacht des Jahrhunderts (Germany) , Alles in Schlagsahne (Germany) , La bataille du siècle (France, French Republic) , 世紀の闘い (Japan) , The Battle of the Century (United States of America) , Stan și Bran: Bătălia secolului (Romania) , La battaglia del secolo (Italy) , Битва століття (Ukraine)
- Plot: Fight manager (Hardy) takes out an insurance policy on his puny pugilist (Laurel) and then proceeds to try to arrange for an accident so that he can collect. When a pie delivery man (Hall) slips on a banana peel, meant for the fighter, a classic pie throwing scene results.
- IMDB:tt0017664
The Battle of the Century Cast · · · ALL
Clyde Bruckman
Director
Leo McCarey
Director
Stan Laurel
Prize fighter
Oliver Hardy
Manager
Dorothy Coburn
Pie victim boarding auto (uncredited)
Lou Costello
Boxing Hall extra (uncredited)
Anita Garvin
Slips on pie (uncredited)
Dick Gilbert
Sewer worker (uncredited)
Charlie Hall
Pie delivery man (uncredited)
Al Hallett
Bit Part (uncredited)
Jack Hill
Ringside spectator (uncredited)
Ham Kinsey
Ringside spectator (uncredited)
Sam Lufkin
Boxing referee (uncredited)
Eugene Pallette
Insurance agent (uncredited)
Lyle Tayo
Woman at window (uncredited)
Ellinor Vanderveer
Lady in car (uncredited)
Dorothea Wolbert
Warring pedestrian (uncredited)
Charley Young
Fruit vendor (uncredited)
Noah Young
Thunder-Clap Callahan (uncredited)
Jack Adams
Wilson Benge
Pie Victim in Top Hat
Ed Brandenburg
Warring pedestrian
George B. French
Dentist
Eric Mack
Spectator
Gene Morgan
Ring announcer
Steve Murphy
Noah Young's Assistant
Bob O’Connor
Warring pedestrian