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Champion

Champion - 1949

An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.

6.6

T M D B

Origin Country

United States of America

Spoken Languages

English

Streaming:

Released: Status
1949-04-09: Release Date
$600,000.00: Budget
$2,500,000.00: Revenue
0.8993: Popularity
1h 39min: Runtime
Fighting or loving, he was the... CHAMPION: Tagline
90: Vote Count

Cast

Kirk Douglas

Marilyn Maxwell

Marilyn Maxwell

Arthur Kennedy

Paul Stewart

Ruth Roman

Lola Albright

Luis van Rooten

Luis van Rooten

Harry Shannon

John Daheim

Ralph Sanford

Esther Howard

Bill Baldwin

Bill Brown (Ringside Broadcaster) (uncredited)

Sam Balter

Championship Fight Announcer (uncredited)

Don Brodie

Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)

Ralph Brooks

Newspaper Reporter at Benefit (uncredited)

Mushy Callahan

Referee Title Fight (uncredited)

Sayre Dearing

Newspaper Reporter at Benefit (uncredited)

Paul Dubov

Gangster (uncredited)

Jimmie Dundee

Tough Tramp in Boxcar (uncredited)

Joe Gray

Championship Fight Opponent (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

Fight Stadium Guard (uncredited)

Mike Lally

Well-Wisher in Nightclub (uncredited)

Hal March

Mobster (uncredited)

George Meader

Fight Doctor (uncredited)

Ralph Montgomery

Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)

Forbes Murray

Speaker at Benefit (uncredited)

Tim Ryan

Al (Kansas City Manager) (uncredited)

Court Shepard

Fighter (uncredited)

Charles Sherlock

Charles Sherlock

Dunne's Cornerman (uncredited)

Hilda Simms

Maid (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan

Charles Sullivan

Kansas City Referee (uncredited)

Polly Bergen

Radio and Jukebox Singer (voice) (uncredited)

Crew

Production Companies

Stanley Kramer Productions

United States of America

Screen Plays

United Artists

United States of America

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