Square Joe (1922)

Directed by

J. Harrison Edwards

Genre

drama film, boxing film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

56 min

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A quiet man is wrongly blamed for a police officer's death during a gambling raid. He fights for his freedom in a boxing match.

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What happens

Square Joe is a boxing-themed American drama film released in 1922. The silent film was directed by J. Harrison Edwards and starred boxer Joe Jeanette with fellow boxer John Lester Johnson co-starring. It was produced by Colored Feature Photoplay Co. and opened in Harlem at the Roosevelt. It is about an innocent man convicted of killing a policeman during a raid on a gambling operation and features a boxing match. The New York Age reported the film "thrills and holds the interest of spectators from beginning to end." John Lester Johnson was in several more films afterwards. Jeanette later fought Jack Johnson who also appeared in films. Their fight appears in the 1970 documentary film Jack Johnson. The film was Fredi Washington's debut on the big screen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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