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Iron Man (1931)

Iron Man poster
Directed by
Tod Browning
Genre
drama film, boxing film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 13m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 20 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A prizefighter loses both his career and his wife. When he rises back through the ranks, she returns but schemes to bring her lover into his inner circle.

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What happens

Iron Man is a 1931 American pre-Code sports drama film directed by Tod Browning and starring Lew Ayres and Jean Harlow. In 1951, Universal remade the film with Jeff Chandler, Evelyn Keyes and Rock Hudson, directed by Joseph Pevney. A prizefighter is abandoned by his wife due to his failing career. Following his first winning streak, his wife returns to him, but fools her husband into hiring her lover as his new boxing manager, despite his lack of experience. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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