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Champion

"Fighting or loving, he was the... CHAMPION"

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NR 1949 · 1h 39m
Drama
Starring Kirk Douglas · Marilyn Maxwell · Arthur Kennedy
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An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.

Theatrical
Apr 9, 1949
Box Office
$2.5M
Budget
$600K
Return
4.2x
Director
Mark Robson
Writer
Carl Foreman
Producers
Robert Stillman, Stanley Kramer
Music
Dimitri Tiomkin
Studio
Stanley Kramer Productions, Screen Plays
Keywords
sibling relationship boxer training brother sports 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
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Cast

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K
Kirk Douglas
Midge Kelly
M
Marilyn Maxwell
Grace Diamond
A
Arthur Kennedy
Connie Kelly
P
Paul Stewart
Tommy Haley
R
Ruth Roman
Emma Bryce
L
Lola Albright
Palmer Harris
L
Luis van Rooten
Jerry Harris
H
Harry Shannon
Lew
J
John Daheim
Johnny Dunne
R
Ralph Sanford
Hammond
E
Esther Howard
Mrs. Kelly
B
Bill Baldwin
Bill Brown (Ringside Broadcaster) (uncredited)
S
Sam Balter
Championship Fight Announcer (uncredited)
D
Don Brodie
Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
R
Ralph Brooks
Newspaper Reporter at Benefit (uncredited)
M
Mushy Callahan
Referee Title Fight (uncredited)
S
Sayre Dearing
Newspaper Reporter at Benefit (uncredited)
P
Paul Dubov
Gangster (uncredited)
J
Jimmie Dundee
Tough Tramp in Boxcar (uncredited)
J
Joe Gray
Championship Fight Opponent (uncredited)
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Every Woman Seeks a Champion
Taglines Every woman goes for a Champion.
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The Irony of Professional Fighting
Taglines This is the only sport in the world where two guys get paid for doing something they'd be arrested for if they got drunk and did it for nothing.
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