Champion
Fighting or loving, he was the... CHAMPION
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4/9/1949Runtime
99 minsGenres
Overview
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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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$600,000Revenue
$2,500,000Homepage
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A ruthless climb to the boxing championship told with unflinching moral clarity, watching a man systematically destroy every relationship that built him up, then reckon with what he's become.
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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
Harris
Harry Shannon
Lew
John Daheim
Dunne
Ralph Sanford
Hammond
Esther Howard
Mrs. Kelly
Bill Baldwin
Bill Brown (Ringside Broadcaster) (uncredited)
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