Champion

(1949)

★ 6.7 IMDb · 105 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1949

Runtime: 99 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Mark Robson

Cast: Кирк Дуглас, Marilyn Maxwell, Артур Кеннеди, Paul Stewart, Ruth Roman, Lola Albright, Luis van Rooten, Harry Shannon, John Daheim, Ralph Sanford

Plot

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

Hitchhiking west with his lame brother Connie, Midge Kelly is hustled unprepared into a pro boxing match. Though he's severely beaten, manager Tommy Haley finds him promising. In California, Midge and Connie find nothing but a menial job from which Midge gets relief by seducing Emma, a lovely young waitress. One shotgun marriage later, ambitious Midge falls back on the only option he knows: boxing. Seduced by cheering crowds, money, and a succession of blondes, Midge becomes more and more of a hero in public...and a heel in private.