Champion
Summary:
While far from the only good film on boxing, Champion is perhaps the best drama ever based on the fight game. It is remarkable for a number of things: the unrelenting, grinding logic that leads to the hero's tragic fate; the beautiful cinematography and editing that make it a masterpiece of light and shadow; near-perfect performances by everyone, from Kirk Douglas as Midge Kel... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Kirk Douglas - (Midge Kelly)
Marilyn Maxwell - (Grace Diamond)
Arthur Kennedy - (Connie Kelly)
Paul Stewart - (Tommy Haley)
Ruth Roman - (Emma Bryce)
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Review:
Mark Robson's Champion was one of three boxing movies that caught the public's interest in the late '40s. Nastier in tone than Body and Soul (1947) or The Set-Up (1949), Champion is perhaps the harshest example of the genre, a descent into a moral abyss in which its hero -- Kirk Douglas at his brashest and most intense -- leads th... Continue >>
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