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Champion
Running Time: 99 min.
MPAA Rating: NR
Produced By: / Screen Plays / United Artists

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 ... Full Summary >>

Cast and Crew: Kirk Douglas (Midge Kelly) Marilyn Maxwell (Grace Diamond) Arthur Kennedy (Connie Kelly) Paul Stewart (Tommy Haley) All Cast & Crew >> 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 ab ... Continue >>

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