The life and career of Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis, who held the title for 12 years--longer than any other boxer in history--and who had to not only battle opponents inside the ring and racism outside it.
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Coley Wallace | ... | Joe Louis |
Paul Stewart | ... | Tad McGeehan | |
Hilda Simms | ... | Marva Louis | |
James Edwards | ... | 'Chappie' Blackburn | |
John Marley | ... | Mannie Seamon | |
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Dots Johnson | ... | Julian Black (as Dotts Johnson) |
Evelyn Ellis | ... | Mrs. Barrows | |
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Carl 'Rocky' Latimer | ... | Arthur Pine |
John Marriott | ... | Sam Langford | |
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Ike Jones | ... | Johnny Kingston (as Isaac Jones) |
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P. Jay Sidney | ... | John Roxborough |
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Royal Beal | ... | Mike Jacobs |
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Herbert Ratner | ... | Newspaper man (as Herb Ratner) |
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Ruby Goldstein | ... | Ruby Goldstein |
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Norman Rose | ... | Lieutenant |
The life and career of Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis, who held the title for 12 years--longer than any other boxer in history--and who had to not only battle opponents inside the ring and racism outside it.
I really enjoyed this film. Coley Wallace does a real good job as Louis. I am glad to see it made it to DVD. Coley Wallace was a terrific boxer himself & the only person ever to beat Rocky Maricano. My only one complaint is the director Robert Gordon, who made some good westerns, rushed this movie a bit, especially the last half. Other than that it's a good movie for boxing history.