Champion
Drama
Fighting or loving, he was the... CHAMPION
An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.
1949-04-09
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Cast
Director
Mark Robson
Kirk Douglas as Midge Kelly
Marilyn Maxwell as Grace Diamond
Arthur Kennedy as Connie Kelly
Paul Stewart as Tommy Haley
Ruth Roman as Emma Bryce
Lola Albright as Palmer Harris
Luis van Rooten as Jerry Harris
Harry Shannon as Lew
John Daheim as Johnny Dunne
Ralph Sanford as Hammond
Esther Howard as Mrs. Kelly
Bill Baldwin as Bill Brown (Ringside Broadcaster) (uncredited)
Don Brodie as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing as Newspaper Reporter at Benefit (uncredited)
Paul Dubov as Gangster (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton as Fight Stadium Guard (uncredited)
Mike Lally as Well-Wisher in Nightclub (uncredited)
Hal March as Mobster (uncredited)
George Meader as Fight Doctor (uncredited)
Forbes Murray as Speaker at Benefit (uncredited)
Tim Ryan as Al (Kansas City Manager) (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock as Dunne's Cornerman (uncredited)
Hilda Simms as Maid (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan as Kansas City Referee (uncredited)
Polly Bergen as Radio and Jukebox Singer (voice) (uncredited)