Champion (1949)

04/09/1949 (US) • 1h 39m

Drama

Fighting or loving, he was the... CHAMPION

Overview

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

Top Billed 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

John Daheim

Johnny Dunne


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$600,000.00

Revenue

$2,500,000.00

Keywords

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

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