Phantom Punch (2008)

104 min · Biographical picture, Sport, biographical film, boxing film, drama film

Popularity3.5/5

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Directors

Robert Townsend

Cast

Ving Rhames, Stacey Dash, Nicholas Turturro, Bridgette Wilson, David Proval, Rick Roberts, Alan Van Sprang, Egidio Tari, Andrew Hinkson, Troy Amos-Ross, Brian Paul

The story

In 1950, Liston was serving a prison sentence in Missouri State Penitentiary. After knocking out the prison boxing champ Big Lester in a brawl over cigarettes, the prison athletic director Father Alois coached him to hone his boxing skills. In the ring, he knocked out Big Lester again, followed by several other contenders.

Catalogue themes and tags

1950s, 1960s, Ausländerfeindlichkeit, Boxing, Boxing Glove, Boxing Ring, Boxing match, Boxkämpfer, Convict, Defeat, Ehefrau, Heavy Weight, Interrracial Marriage, Organisiertes Verbrechen, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

Genres

Biographical picture, Sport, biographical film, boxing film, drama film

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