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The Fighter (1952)

The Fighter poster
Directed by
Herbert Kline
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 18m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A boxer gets entangled with a crime syndicate while trying to make a living. He must navigate threats and moral dilemmas to survive.

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What happens

The Fighter is a 1952 American film noir directed by Herbert Kline and starring Richard Conte, Vanessa Brown and Lee J. Cobb. The screenplay, written by Kline and Aben Kandel, was adapted from the 1911 short story "The Mexican" by Jack London. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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