Champion
1949 · Movie · 99 min. · United States
An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up. One of the all-time great boxing movies. Academy Award Nominations: 6, including Actor--Kirk Douglas, Best Screenplay. Academy Awards: Best Film Editing.
Direction Mark Robson
Cast Kirk Douglas · Marilyn Maxwell · Arthur Kennedy · Paul Stewart · Ruth Roman · Lola Albright · Luis van Rooten · Harry Shannon · John Daheim · Ralph Sanford · Esther Howard
Soundtrack Dimitri Tiomkin
Screenplay Carl Foreman · Ring Lardner
Cinematography Franz Planer
Original title Champion
7.3
2K votes (FilmAffinity)
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