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The Croxley Master (1921)

The Croxley Master poster
Directed by
Percy Nash
Genre
drama film, silent film, boxing film
Country
United Kingdom
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young Welsh medical student needs money to start his own practice. He enters a boxing match to win a 200 pound prize.

earnestunderdogbritishquietly determinedperiod piecegrittymotivationalsmall-scale

What happens

The Croxley Master is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by Percy Nash. It was based on a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle. A young Welsh medical student enters the boxing ring to fight for a £200 prize which will enable him to establish his own practice. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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