Champion (1949)

Directors

Mark Robson

Cast

Kirk Douglas, Marilyn Maxwell, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart, Ruth Roman

The story

Michael "Midge" Kelly is a boxer who pushes himself to the top of his game by felling opponents, backstabbing his friends and manipulating women. He double-crosses Tommy Haley, the manager who found him and helped pave his road to fame. Midge and his brother Connie are hitchhiking and jumping freight cars from Chicago to California, where they have bought a share in a restaurant.

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