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The Square Ring (1953)

The Square Ring poster
Directed by
Basil Dearden
Genre
drama film, boxing film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 23m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

It is a drama about boxers and the women in their lives during one night at a run-down fighting venue. The film follows multiple fighters as they prepare for and deal with the outcomes of their matches.

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What happens

The Square Ring is a 1953 British tragi-comic drama, directed by Basil Dearden and made at Ealing Studios. It stars Jack Warner, Robert Beatty and Maxwell Reed. The film, based on a 1952 stage play by Ralph Peterson, centres on one night at a fairly seedy boxing venue and tells the disparate stories of the fighters and the women behind them. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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