Terrible Joe Moran (1984)

Directed by

Joseph Sargent

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An aging ex-boxer in a wheelchair looks back on his life and career. He reconnects with a granddaughter who comes to stay with him.

sentimentalslow-pacedmelancholicreflectivetendersadnostalgicunderstated

What happens

Terrible Joe Moran is a 1984 American made-for-television drama film directed by Joseph Sargent and starring James Cagney in his final role, Art Carney and Ellen Barkin. The film, about aging ex-boxer Joe Moran (Cagney) who needs to use a wheelchair for mobility, won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Special at the 36th Primetime Emmy Awards in 1984. Clips from Cagney's 1932 boxing picture Winner Take All were used to illustrate the character's earlier career. Reportedly, impressionist Rich Little dubbed much—if not all—of Cagney's dialogue, as the stroke afflicted actor slurred his words and the decision was made to replace his voice with that of Little doing a Cagney impersonation. The script was originally written for Katharine Hepburn. After she bowed out, the lead part was rewritten for Cagney. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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