Champion

  • Drama
4/9/1949
99
NR

Fighting or loving, he was the... CHAMPION

An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.

Director:
Mark Robson
Writer:
Carl Foreman
Revenue:
$2,500,000
Budget:
$600,000
    • sibling relationship
    • sports
    • boxer
    • training
    • woman between two men
    • film noir
    • black and white
    • rise to fame
    • boxing
    • boxing champion
    • boxing ring
    • prizefighter
    • impulsive drifter
    • cerebral hemorrhage
    • moral corruption
    • boxcar
    • mob corruption
    • rise to the top
    • two brothers
    • brothers love same woman

    Videos

    Cast

    • Kirk Douglas
      Midge Kelly
    • Marilyn Maxwell
      Grace Diamond
    • Arthur Kennedy
      Connie Kelly
    • Paul Stewart
      Tommy Haley
    • Ruth Roman
      Emma Bryce
    • Lola Albright
      Palmer Harris
    • Luis van Rooten
      Jerry Harris
    • Harry Shannon
      Lew
    • John Daheim
      Johnny Dunne
    • Ralph Sanford
      Hammond
    • Esther Howard
      Mrs. Kelly
    • Bill Baldwin
      Bill Brown (Ringside Broadcaster) (uncredited)
    • Sam Balter
      Championship Fight Announcer (uncredited)
    • Don Brodie
      Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
    • Ralph Brooks
      Newspaper Reporter at Benefit (uncredited)
    • Mushy Callahan
      Referee Title Fight (uncredited)

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