The Ring (1952)

Directed by

Kurt Neumann

Genre

drama film, boxing film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 19m

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Mexican-American man takes up boxing, hoping that winning fights will earn him the respect he is denied by a prejudiced white society. The story follows his struggles both inside the ring and in the racially divided streets of 1950s Los Angeles.

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What happens

The Ring is a 1952 American film noir film directed by Kurt Neumann and based on a novel by Irving Shulman. It tells the story of a Mexican-American male who becomes a boxer, believing this kind of achievement will gain him respect among the English-speaking white majority. The film was shot in various locations in early 1950s Los Angeles. The film examines institutionalized bigotry. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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