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5 March 1956 (Sweden) morePlot:
Grocery clerk Eddie Quaid, in danger of losing his father to alcoholism and his girl Julie through lack of career prospects... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Curtis and Borgnine do well enough with very familiar material moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Tony Curtis | ... | Eddie Quaid / Packy Glennon |
 | Pat Crowley | ... | Julie Walsh |
 | Ernest Borgnine | ... | Bernie Browne |
| Paul Kelly | ... | Jim McBride |
| Jim Backus | ... | Pat Quaid |
| Leigh Snowden | ... | Lorraine Evans |
| John Daheim | ... | Al Gorski (as John Day) |
| Joe Louis | ... | Himself, Joe Louis |
 | David Janssen | ... | Jack Lindsay |
| Carmen McRae | ... | Singer |
| John Marley | ... | Tommy Dillon, Referee |
| Barney Phillips | ... | Dan Selby |
| Joseph Vitale | ... | Tony Adamson (as Joe Vitale) |
| Kay Stewart | ... | Mrs. Gorski |
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)FAQ
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This movie's plot was all-too-familiar even in 1955. It is basically a reworking of Golden Boy with a bit of Body And Soul and two or three others mixed in. Some of the dialog is similarly recycled, but there are a few intriguing new lines providing some food for thought. Mostly though, if you are a fan of boxing movies, the two lead performances and the brisk pacing makes this one worth passing time with. Tony Curtis wouldn't have been my first choice for the lead in a boxing movie, but he brings surprising grit and ambition to the role. Borgnine is dead-on perfect as the tough-but...make that just plain tough manager who has to overcome his disappointment for the flaws in Curtis' character to take him back under his wing. John Marley is a standout as a referee vulnerable to intimidation.