Champion
“Fighting or loving, he was the... CHAMPION”
19491h 39mDrama
Released
April 9, 1949
TMDB Score
67% match · 107 votes
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About the Movie
Synopsis
An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.
DirectorMark Robson
- Released
- April 9, 1949
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $600.0K
- Box office
- $2.5M
- Studios
- Stanley Kramer Productions, Screen Plays
Top Billed 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)
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