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He's all man in the ring -- or anywhere!
1951 | 82m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Joseph Pevney |
|---|---|
| Writer: | George Zuckerman, W.R. Burnett, Borden Chase |
| Staring: |
| An ambitious coal miner is talked into becoming a boxer by his gambler brother. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 20, 1951 |
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| Director: | Joseph Pevney |
| Writer: | George Zuckerman, W.R. Burnett, Borden Chase |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | sports, film noir |
| Production Companies | Universal International Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 29, 2026 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Jeff Chandler | Coke Mason |
| Evelyn Keyes | Rose Warren Mason |
| Stephen McNally | George Mason |
| Rock Hudson | Tommy 'Speed' O'Keefe |
| Joyce Holden | 'Tiny' Ford - Photographer |
| Jim Backus | Max Watkins |
| James Arness | Alex Mallick |
| Steve Martin | Joe Savella |
| George Baxter | Herb Riley |
| George Adrian | Charlie (uncredited) |
| Al Bain | Boxer (uncredited) |
| Sam Balter | Ringside Announcer (uncredited) |
| Eleanor Bassett | Cigarette Girl (uncredited) |
| Brandon Beach | Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
| Arthur Berkeley | Pedestrian (uncredited) |
| George Berkeley | Miner (uncredited) |
| Larry J. Blake | Ralph Crowley (uncredited) |
| John Call | Mike Durant (uncredited) |
| Sherry Moreland | Girl |
| Phil Bloom | Cornerman (uncredited) |
| Willie Bloom | Cornerman (uncredited) |
| Harold Bostwick | Commentator (uncredited) |
| George Brand | Sportswriter (uncredited) |
| Chet Brandenburg | Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
| Ralph Brooks | Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
| Boyd Cabeen | Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
| Mushy Callahan | Referee at Allentown Arena (uncredited) |
| Johnny Carpenter | Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
| Douglas Carter | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Larry Chance | Fighter (uncredited) |
| Martin Cichy | Miner (uncredited) |
| Michael Cisney | Jack Mane (uncredited) |
| Johnny Clark | Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
| Doris Cole | Billie (uncredited) |
| Tom Coleman | Ringside Reporter (uncredited) |
| Bing Conley | Cornerman (uncredited) |
| Henry Corden | Gambler (uncredited) |
| Harry Cording | Miner (uncredited) |
| Paul Cristo | Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
| Michael Dale | Philly (uncredited) |
| Jack Daly | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Mike Donovan | Timekeeper (uncredited) |
| Art Dupuis | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Walter 'Whitey' Ekwart | Whitey (uncredited) |
| Bob Evans | Loomis (uncredited) |
| Harry Evans | Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
| Tom Ferrandini | Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
| Sam Finn | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Wesley Gale | Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
| Kay Garrett | Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
| Rudy Germane | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Joe Gray | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Raymond Gray | Jo Jo Meyers (uncredited) |
| Stuart Hall | Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
| Joy Hallward | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Emil Hanna | Miner (uncredited) |
| Sam Harris | Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
| Al Haskell | Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
| Tommy Herman | Referee (uncredited) |
| Bill Hickman | Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
| George Hoagland | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) |
| Shep Houghton | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| John Indrisano | Referee at Chicago Arena (uncredited) |
| Pál Jávor | Pete Kosco - aka O'Keefe (uncredited) |
| Johnny Kern | Cornerman (uncredited) |
| Donald Kerr | Sportswriter (uncredited) |
| George Khoury | Miner (uncredited) |
| Barbara Knudson | Girl (uncredited) |
| Verna Kornman | Pedestrian (uncredited) |
| Ethan Laidlaw | Miner (uncredited) |
| Mike Lally | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Louise Lane | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) |
| Jimmy Lennon Sr. | Announcer (uncredited) |
| Peggy Leon | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Elmo Lincoln | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| George Magrill | Alex's Cornerman (uncredited) |
| William Marks | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Frank Marlowe | Speed's Trainer (uncredited) |
| Alan Marston | Sportswriter (uncredited) |
| Thomas Martin | Waiter (uncredited) |
| John Maxwell | Dr. Rowan (uncredited) |
| Larry McGrath | Referee (uncredited) |
| John McKee | Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
| Joe McTurk | Big Nose Cassidy (uncredited) |
| Howard M. Mitchell | Announcer (uncredited) |
| Frank Moran | Handler (uncredited) |
| John Nikcovich | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Anton Northpole | Miner (uncredited) |
| William H. O'Brien | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Kenneth Patterson | Herb Daly (uncredited) |
| Pepito Pérez | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Jack Perrin | Pedestrian (uncredited) |
| Jack Perry | Savella's Counterman (uncredited) |
| Foster H. Phinney | Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
| Mike Portanova | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Paul Power | Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
| Al Rhein | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Felice Richmond | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Bruce Riley | Sportswriter (uncredited) |
| Cyril Ring | Headwaiter (uncredited) |
| Ned Roberts | Railroad Worker (uncredited) |
| Stephen Roberts | Brad Morris (uncredited) |
| Joe Rocca | Sportswriter (uncredited) |
| Rube Schaffer | Referee (uncredited) |
| Peter Scott | Nick Norsworski (uncredited) |
| Charles Sherlock | Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
| Gregg Sherwood | Gwendolyn (uncredited) |
| Peter Similuk | Miner (uncredited) |
| Eddie Lou Simms | Jackie Bowden (uncredited) |
| Gloria Ann Simpson | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Carl Sklover | Coke's Second in Ring (uncredited) |
| Angela Stevens | Girl (uncredited) |
| Bert Stevens | Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
| Brick Sullivan | Coke's Cornerman (uncredited) |
| Charles Sullivan | Referee of Championship Fight (uncredited) |
| Harry Tenbrook | Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
| Frankie Van | Referee (uncredited) |
| Herb Vigran | Melio (uncredited) |
| Eleanore Vogel | Pedestrian (uncredited) |
| Wally Walker | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Joe Walls | Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
| Gene Wesson | Sportswriter (uncredited) |
| Lawrence A. Williams | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| Stuart Wilson | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Eric Wilton | Timekeeper, Mason-Sevella Fight (uncredited) |
| Larry Winter | Miner (uncredited) |
| Sally Yarnell | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Bernard Herzbrun | Art Direction |
| Carl E. Guthrie | Director of Photography |
| Russell F. Schoengarth | Editor |
| George Zuckerman | Screenplay |
| Robert Boyle | Art Direction |
| Russell A. Gausman | Set Decoration |
| John P. Austin | Set Decoration |
| Bill Thomas | Costume Design |
| Leslie I. Carey | Sound |
| Joe Lapis | Sound |
| Joseph Gershenson | Music Director |
| David S. Horsley | Visual Effects, Visual Effects Camera |
| Joan St. Oegger | Hairstylist |
| Frankie Van | Technical Advisor |
| Daniele Amfitheatrof | Music |
| Elizabeth Firestone | Music |
| Hans J. Salter | Music |
| Tom Hennesy | Stunts |
| John Sherwood | Assistant Director |
| Milton Rosen | Original Music Composer |
| Joseph Pevney | Director |
| W.R. Burnett | Novel |
| Borden Chase | Screenplay |
| Bud Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Miklós Rózsa | Music |
| Frank Skinner | Music |
| Johnny Carpenter | Stunts |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Aaron Rosenberg | Producer |
| John W. Rogers | Associate Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
| 2024 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 2 |
| 2024 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
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Geronimo1967
6.0
Now I did struggle with the idea of Jeff Chandler as a red-misted boxing champion, but here he acquits him self adequately enough. He's coal miner "Coke" who dreams of wedding his girl "Rose" (Evelyn Keyes) and buying a radio store. His rather more venal brother "George" (Stephen McNally) runs a poo ... l hall and discovers that when his sibling gets cross, really cross, his fists can do his talking for him. The ring beckons, and success follows - but at a price. "Coke" is a brute. He fights legal, but dirty - and the crowd gradually learn to loathe him. Finally he has had enough and wants to stop, but discovers that his now wife is embroiled in some match-fixing with "George" and he faces quite a dilemma - one epitomised at the denouement with a bout with the equally unlikely pugilist Rock Hudson ("Speed"). It's another of the stories set in an industrial town where opportunities were scant and where boxing was a route out if you were prepared to take and give a beating. This one tries to introduce the concept of a conscience in the lead character and the photography does give some sort of indication as to the brutality in the ring. It's a solid film that has just about enough action and a message to convey about right (hooks) and wrong.
Nov 26, 2023