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The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933)

The Life of Jimmy Dolan poster
Directed by
Archie Mayo
Genre
drama film, boxing film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A boxer is presumed dead after a fight and takes on a false identity to escape his past. He tries to start over but his secret threatens to catch up with him.

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What happens

The Life of Jimmy Dolan, released in the UK as The Kid's Last Fight, is a 1933 American pre-Code film starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Loretta Young. John Wayne has a small supporting role as a frightened boxer. The story was based on a 1933 play called Sucker by Bertram Millhauser. The film was remade in 1939 as They Made Me a Criminal. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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