The Crowd Roars (1938)
- Directed by
- Richard Thorpe
- Genre
- drama film, boxing film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A promising boxer gets pulled into the corrupt and dangerous side of the sport. The movie follows him as he makes tough choices about his career and his personal life.
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What happens
The Crowd Roars is a 1938 American sports drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Robert Taylor as a boxer who gets entangled in the seamier side of the sport. It was remade in 1947 as Killer McCoy, featuring Mickey Rooney in the title role. This film was not a remake of the 1932 film of the same name starring James Cagney. The supporting cast for the 1938 version features Edward Arnold, Frank Morgan, Lionel Stander, and Jane Wyman. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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