Fighting or loving, he was the... CHAMPION
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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Grave, classical in form, earnest and bleak.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
- sparerichly built
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“Is this Mark Robson's best work?”
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“Would Champion hit harder if it came out today rather than in 1949?”
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Cast
- Kirk DouglasMidge Kelly
- Marilyn MaxwellGrace Diamond
- Arthur KennedyConnie Kelly
- Paul StewartTommy Haley
- Ruth RomanEmma Bryce
- Lola AlbrightPalmer Harris
- Luis van RootenJerry Harris
- Harry ShannonLew
- John DaheimJohnny Dunne
- Ralph SanfordHammond
Crew
- Mark RobsonDirector
- Carl ForemanScreenplay
- Franz PlanerDirector of Photography
- Dimitri TiomkinOriginal Music Composer
- Harry GerstadEditor
- Stanley KramerProducer
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