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Champion

Fighting or loving, he was the... CHAMPION

  • Movie
  • 1949
  • NR
  • 1h 39m

Directed by Mark Robson

6.7

TMDB audience rating
6.7 out of 10 from 107 votes

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An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.

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Cast and crew

  • Kirk Douglas

    Kirk DouglasMidge Kelly

  • Marilyn Maxwell

    Marilyn MaxwellGrace Diamond

  • Arthur Kennedy

    Arthur KennedyConnie Kelly

  • Paul Stewart

    Paul StewartTommy Haley

  • Ruth Roman

    Ruth RomanEmma Bryce

  • Lola Albright

    Lola AlbrightPalmer Harris

  • Luis van Rooten

    Luis van RootenJerry Harris

  • Harry Shannon

    Harry ShannonLew

  • John Daheim

    John DaheimJohnny Dunne

  • Ralph Sanford

    Ralph SanfordHammond

  • Esther Howard

    Esther HowardMrs. Kelly

  • Bill Baldwin

    Bill BaldwinBill Brown (Ringside Broadcaster) (uncredited)

  • Sam BalterChampionship Fight Announcer (uncredited)

  • Don Brodie

    Don BrodieNewspaper Reporter (uncredited)

  • Ralph BrooksNewspaper Reporter at Benefit (uncredited)

  • Mushy CallahanReferee Title Fight (uncredited)

  • Sayre Dearing

    Sayre DearingNewspaper Reporter at Benefit (uncredited)

  • Paul Dubov

    Paul DubovGangster (uncredited)

Director
Mark Robson
Writer
Carl Foreman
Music
Dimitri Tiomkin
Cinematography
Franz Planer