Champion [videorecording] / Screen Plays Corporation presents a United Artists release ; screenplay by Carl Foreman ; produced by Stanley Kramer ; directed by Mark Robson.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
Distributed by Artisan Home Entertainment, Distributed by Artisan Home Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
c1999
Description:
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 in.
"Fullscreen version, formatted from its original version to fit your screen." Black & white version on side A, color version on side B. Originally released as a motion picture in 1949 by Republic Pictures Corporation. "Based on the story Champion by Ring Lardner." Includes production notes, scene access, interactive menus. Kirk Douglas, Marilyn Maxwell, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart, Luis Van Rooten, Harry Shannon, John Day, Ruth Roman, Lola Albright.
Summary:
Midge Kelly is a fun-loving former navy man whose life is made complex by his sudden rise to fame in professional boxing. He becomes popular after months of training and a series of fixed fights. But the champion falls from the top when he beats Johnny Dunne, a prize fighter, into the ground when he has been instructed by the syndicate to lose the fight.
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