The Champ

  • Drama
  • Family
11/21/1931
86
NR

The knockout picture of the year!

A broken-down alcoholic prizefighter struggles to keep custody of his adoring son.

Director:
King Vidor
Writers:
Frances Marion
Leonard Praskins
Revenue:
$1,600,000
Budget:
$356,000
    • sports
    • gambling
    • fighter
    • boxer
    • alcoholic
    • single father
    • racetrack
    • alcoholic father
    • prizefight
    • divorced parents
    • mother child separation
    • boxing
    • father son relationship
    • remade
    • prizefighter
    • retired prizefighter
    • mother son reunion

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    Cast

    • Wallace Beery
      Andy 'Champ' Purcell
    • Jackie Cooper
      Dink Purcell
    • Irene Rich
      Linda Carleton
    • Roscoe Ates
      Sponge
    • Edward Brophy
      Tim
    • Hale Hamilton
      Tony Carleton
    • Jesse Scott
      Jonah
    • Marcia Mae Jones
      Mary Lou Carleton
    • Dannie Mac Grant
      Boy Taunting Dink (uncredited)
    • Frank Hagney
      Mexican Champ Manuel Quiroga (uncredited)
    • Dell Henderson
      The Doctor (uncredited)
    • Tom McGuire
      Los Angeles Promoter (uncredited)
    • Bob Perry
      Referee (uncredited)
    • Lee Phelps
      Louie the Bartender (uncredited)
    • Andy Shuford
      Boy at Racetrack (uncredited)
    • Dan Tobey
      Ring Announcer (uncredited)

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