Champion (1949)

April 9, 1949 (US) • Drama • 99m

Overview

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

Director

Mark Robson

Writer

Carl Foreman

Top Billed

Kirk Douglas

Keywords

sibling relationship sports brother boxer training woman between two men film noir black and white rise to fame boxing boxing champion boxing ring prizefighter impulsive drifter cerebral hemorrhage moral corruption boxcar mob corruption rise to the top

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Top Billed Cast

Kirk Douglas

Midge Kelly

Marilyn Maxwell

Grace Diamond

Arthur Kennedy

Connie Kelly

Paul Stewart

Tommy Haley

Ruth Roman

Emma Bryce

Lola Albright

Palmer Harris

Luis van Rooten

Jerry Harris

Harry Shannon

Lew

John Daheim

Johnny Dunne

Ralph Sanford

Hammond

Esther Howard

Mrs. Kelly

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

Dunne's Cornerman (uncredited)

Hilda Simms

Maid (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan

Kansas City Referee (uncredited)

Polly Bergen

Radio and Jukebox Singer (voice) (uncredited)

Crew

Mark Robson

Director

Carl Foreman

Screenplay

Ring Lardner

Original Story

Rudolph Sternad

Production Design

Dimitri Tiomkin

Original Music Composer

Dimitri Tiomkin

Songs

Goldie Goldmark

Songs

Franz Planer

Director of Photography

Clem Beauchamp

Production Manager

Ivan Volkman

Assistant Director

Edward G. Boyle

Set Decoration

Joe King

Costume Design

Adele Parmenter

Costume Design

Harry Gerstad

Editor

Gustaf Norin

Makeup Department Head

Jean L. Speak

Sound Engineer

Gertrude Wheeler

Hairstylist

Robert Stillman

Associate Producer

Stanley Kramer

Producer

Perry Finnerman

Camera Operator

Tom Ouellette

Gaffer

Dave Ragin

Camera Operator

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Status

Released

Original Language

Budget

$600,000

Revenue

$2,500,000

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