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

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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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