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Champion

Fighting or loving, he was the... CHAMPION

1949 · NR · 1h 39m

Directed by Mark Robson

6.7

TMDB audience score
107 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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

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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)

  • Sayre Dearing
    Newspaper Reporter at Benefit (uncredited)

  • Paul Dubov
    Gangster (uncredited)