Champion (1949)

ALL 04/09/1949 (en) Drama 99 Min
  • Release
    04/09/1949
  • Production
    Stanley Kramer Productions, Screen Plays, United Artists
  • Rotten tomato
    66%
  • Original title
    Champion
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 2,500,000.00
    -

Fighting or loving, he was the... CHAMPION

Overview

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

  1. Mark Robson

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Harry Gerstad

    Editor

  4. Stanley Kramer

    Producer



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  1. Kirk Douglas

    Midge Kelly

  2. Marilyn Maxwell

    Grace Diamond

  3. Arthur Kennedy

    Connie Kelly

  4. Paul Stewart

    Tommy Haley

  5. Ruth Roman

    Emma Bryce

  6. Lola Albright

    Palmer Harris

  7. Luis van Rooten

    Harris

  8. Harry Shannon

    Lew

  9. John Daheim

    Dunne

  10. Ralph Sanford

    Hammond

  11. Esther Howard

    Mrs. Kelly

  12. Bill Baldwin

    Bill Brown (Ringside Broadcaster) (uncredited)

  13. Sam Balter

    Championship Fight Announcer (uncredited)

  14. Don Brodie

    Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)

  15. Ralph Brooks

    Newspaper Reporter at Benefit (uncredited)

  16. Mushy Callahan

    Referee Title Fight (uncredited)

  17. Sayre Dearing

    Newspaper Reporter at Benefit (uncredited)

  18. Paul Dubov

    Gangster (uncredited)

  19. Jimmie Dundee

    Tough Tramp in Boxcar (uncredited)

  20. Joe Gray

    Championship Fight Opponent (uncredited)

  21. Chuck Hamilton

    Fight Stadium Guard (uncredited)

  22. Mike Lally

    Well-Wisher in Nightclub (uncredited)

  23. Hal March

    Mobster (uncredited)

  24. George Meader

    Fight Doctor (uncredited)

  25. Ralph Montgomery

    Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)

  26. Forbes Murray

    Speaker at Benefit (uncredited)

  27. Tim Ryan

    Al (Kansas City Manager) (uncredited)

  28. Court Shepard

    Fighter (uncredited)

  29. Charles Sherlock

    Dunne's Cornerman (uncredited)

  30. Hilda Simms

    Maid (uncredited)

  31. Charles Sullivan

    Kansas City Referee (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 31 , Crews : 22

Keyword

Champion (1949) 99 Min

ALL 04/09/1949 (en)
Drama
  • Release 04/09/1949
  • Production
    Stanley Kramer Productions, Screen Plays, United Artists
  • Original title Champion
  • en
  • Revenue2,500,000.00

Fighting or loving, he was the... CHAMPION

Overview

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

  1. Mark Robson

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Harry Gerstad

    Editor

  4. Stanley Kramer

    Producer