Il grande campione
Trama
Midge (Douglas) fa il cameriere in un piccolo bar e diventa l'amante della figlia del proprietario. Costretto a sposarla, l'abbandona subito e si reca in città , dove un allenatore di pugilato gli offre un contratto. Farà molta strada, ma il suo smisurato orgoglio, il suo egoismo e la sua mancanza di scrupoli gli saranno fatali sul piano umano.
(1949) Dramma
Data rilascio : 09/04/1949
regia di Mark Robson
Budget : 600.000,00 $
Incasso : 2.500.000,00 $
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 - Harris
Harry Shannon - Lew
John Daheim - 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)
Jimmie Dundee - Tough Tramp in Boxcar (uncredited)
Joe Gray - Championship Fight Opponent (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton - Fight Stadium Guard (uncredited)
Mike Lally - Well-Wisher in Nightclub (uncredited)
Hal March - Mobster (uncredited)
George Meader - Fight Doctor (uncredited)
Ralph Montgomery - Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
Forbes Murray - Speaker at Benefit (uncredited)
Tim Ryan - Al (Kansas City Manager) (uncredited)
Court Shepard - Fighter (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock - Dunne's Cornerman (uncredited)
Hilda Simms - Maid (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan - Kansas City Referee (uncredited)