Champion

Champion (1949)

Fighting or loving, he was the... CHAMPION

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1949-04-09
  • User Rating: 6.6/10 from 89 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 39min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Stanley Kramer Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Mark Robson
star 6.6/10
From 89 Ratings

Summary

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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  • Kirk Douglas

    as Midge Kelly

  • Marilyn Maxwell

    as Grace Diamond

  • Arthur Kennedy

    as Connie Kelly

  • Paul Stewart

    as Tommy Haley

  • Ruth Roman

    as Emma Bryce

  • Lola Albright

    as Palmer Harris

  • Luis van Rooten

    as Harris

  • Harry Shannon

    as Lew

  • John Daheim

    as Dunne

  • Ralph Sanford

    as Hammond

  • Esther Howard

    as Mrs. Kelly

  • Bill Baldwin

    as Bill Brown (Ringside Broadcaster) (uncredited)

  • Sam Balter

    as Championship Fight Announcer (uncredited)

  • Don Brodie

    as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)

  • Ralph Brooks

    as Newspaper Reporter at Benefit (uncredited)

  • Mushy Callahan

    as Referee Title Fight (uncredited)

  • Sayre Dearing

    as Newspaper Reporter at Benefit (uncredited)

  • Paul Dubov

    as Gangster (uncredited)

  • Jimmie Dundee

    as Tough Tramp in Boxcar (uncredited)

  • Joe Gray

    as Championship Fight Opponent (uncredited)

  • Chuck Hamilton

    as Fight Stadium Guard (uncredited)

  • Mike Lally

    as Well-Wisher in Nightclub (uncredited)

  • Hal March

    as Mobster (uncredited)

  • George Meader

    as Fight Doctor (uncredited)

  • Ralph Montgomery

    as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)

  • Forbes Murray

    as Speaker at Benefit (uncredited)

  • Tim Ryan

    as Al (Kansas City Manager) (uncredited)

  • Court Shepard

    as Fighter (uncredited)

  • Charles Sherlock

    as Dunne's Cornerman (uncredited)

  • Hilda Simms

    as Maid (uncredited)

  • Charles Sullivan

    as Kansas City Referee (uncredited)

  • Polly Bergen

    as Radio and Jukebox Singer (voice) (uncredited)
Directing Mark Robson Director
Writing Carl Foreman Screenplay
Writing Ring Lardner Original Story
Sound Goldie Goldmark Songs
Camera Franz Planer Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up Joe King Costume Design
Production Clem Beauchamp Production Manager
Sound Jean L. Speak Sound Engineer
Sound Dimitri Tiomkin Songs
Art Edward G. Boyle Set Decoration
Sound Dimitri Tiomkin Original Music Composer
Costume & Make-Up Adele Parmenter Costume Design
Production Robert Stillman Associate Producer
Production Stanley Kramer Producer
Directing Ivan Volkman Assistant Director
Editing Harry Gerstad Editor
Costume & Make-Up Gustaf Norin Makeup Department Head
Art Rudolph Sternad Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Gertrude Wheeler Hairstylist
Camera Perry Finnerman Camera Operator
Lighting Tom Ouellette Gaffer
Camera Dave Ragin Camera Operator

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