Champion
1949 ‧ Sport/Noir ‧ 1h 39m
Scrappy Michael "Midge" Kelly (Kirk Douglas), on the run from a shotgun marriage and needing to help support his handicapped brother, Connie (Arthur Kennedy), angles his way into a short-term job as a boxer. His life of hard knocks has given Midge...
Release date: April 9, 1949 (New York)
Director: Mark Robson
Screenplay: Carl Foreman
Distributed by: United Artists
Based on: the story "Champion"; by Ring Lardner