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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 386 films · Page 11.
boxing film, comedy film
Annie (Ann Gillis), an orphan, is befriended by a fight manager, "Pop" Corrigan (J. Farrell MacDonald). She brings him Johnny Adams (Robert Kent), a promising prizefighter.
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boxing film, drama film
Bud Gordon (Corey Stoll), a burned-out former boxing champ, lives with his girlfriend Ellen Doyle (Marin Ireland). He has retired from boxing after an unexpected loss in his last match, leading many throughout the film to mock him as a "gl…
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Drama, Sport, boxing film, drama film
Komödie, boxing film, musical film, romantic comedy
Waitress-turned-Broadway star Mabel O'Dare and garage-mechanic-turned-prize fighter Larry Cain dislike each other intensely, but press agent Aloysius K. Reilly cooks up a phony romance between them for publicity. Inevitably, the two fall i…
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boxing film, drama film
A punch-drunk boxer is set up as an easy win for an up-and-coming young boxer in this melodrama. The highlight of the film is the performance of Steve Buscemi as the oily, mob-connected fight promoter Nicky. Eddie (Brad Davis) is the addle…
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biographical film, boxing film, drama film
thumb|alt=Full film|Full film Biographical film about the story of boxer Joe Louis and his rise from poverty to becoming heavyweight champion of the world.
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action film, boxing film, drama film
Hector Villa is a young Mexican national and border-crossing migrant and worker with boxing abilities mirroring his late father's. He could perhaps be good if he learned to think along with his pummeling. Despite all of this, Hector is a h…
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biographical film, boxing film, drama film
In the 1930s, boxer Barney Ross wins the welterweight championship, then meets chorus girl Cathy Holland as he celebrates. Sam Pian, his trainer, learns that Barney placed a $10,000 bet on himself to win the fight. Barney's love interest i…
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boxing film, drama film, romance film, war film
After the end of World War I, Australian soldier Jocko Wilson (Charles Laughton) admires the spirit of a destitute Belgian orphan who fights a larger boy. He feeds the child, whom he names "Nipper", and the boy's younger sister Mary. When …
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Action, Komödie
Bud Graziano, the title's "Bomber" character, is a former heavyweight boxing champion who retired to private life on a ship. Jerry Calà, on the other hand, is a Lombard punter who always finds himself in trouble and one day gets into reall…
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boxing film, comedy film
After a difficult climb to the top, Wally Hogan has things finally going his way. He is the manager-trainer of Bullet Bradley, a fighter who has just won the lightweight championship. Life suddenly takes a not-so-happy turn, however, when …
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boxing film
boxing film, drama film, romance film
Southpaw boxer Jimmy Dolan claims that he believes in clean living outside the ring, but is a cynic when no one's looking. Blonde vixen Goldie West gets him drunk after a fight. Then when reporter Magee plans to write about Jimmy's behavio…
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LGBTQ-related film, boxing film, drama film
Tommy Riley (J. P. Davis) stands in boxing gear in a dingy dressing room.
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Drama, Tragic Comedy Film, biographical film, drama film
Yevgeny Petrov, the Soviet Union writer and journalist has an unusual hobby: since the age of six, he writes fake letters to other countries. Every time, he chooses different fake names for his addresses. The envelopes come back, but beaut…
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boxing film, drama film
A disfigured street kid, a member of the Billy Goat Gang, is shown how to box by parish priest Father Callahan, who also makes him part of the church choir. The priest introduces him to Emily. During a fight with the other members of the B…
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boxing film
Joe Palooka is a naive young man whose father Pete was a champion boxer, but his lifestyle caused Joe's mother Mayme to leave him and to take young Joe to the country to raise him. When a shady boxing manager discovers Joe's natural boxing…
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Action, Drama, biographical film, boxing film
Nine-year-old Isabelle "Belle" Alvarado listens to a radio broadcast of the Thrilla in Manila with her father Chuck Alvarado, an LAPD patrol officer and former Golden Gloves champion. As they celebrate Muhammad Ali's victory, Carmen Alvara…
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Documentation, boxing film, documentary film
biographical film, boxing film, drama film
Cassius Clay (David Ramsey), winner of the gold medal for boxing in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics, rises in the professional ranks and defeats heavyweight boxing champion Sonny Liston in a stunning upset to cap…
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Documentation
action film, boxing film, detective film, drama film
Artyom Kolchin, the story's protagonist, is a boxer, who has become a contender for the world boxing championship. The whole country knows him and wants him to win. In the beginning of the film, while they are both waiting at a crosswalk f…
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biographical film, boxing film, drama film
Having won the gold medal for boxing in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Kentucky native Cassius Clay (Terrence Howard) challenges professional heavyweight boxing champion Sonny Liston (Steve Harris) for …
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Komödie, boxing film, comedy film
In Manhattan's lower east side, police officer Pat O'Hara wants his boxing promoter brother Danny to acquire a more dependable job in order to support their mother after Pat marries his girlfriend Lucille Jackson. When Lucille meets charis…
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