Charley Davis wins an amateur boxing match and is taken on by promoter Quinn. Charley's mother doesn't want him to fight, but when Charley's father is accidentally killed, Charley sets up a fight for money. His career blooms as he wins fight after fight, but soon an unethical promoter named Roberts begins to show an interest in Charley, and Charley finds himself faced with increasingly difficult choices.
| Release Date: | Aug 1947 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Drama / Film-Noir / Sport |
| Cast: | John Garfield (Charlie Davis), Lilli Palmer (Peg Born), Hazel Brooks (Alice), Anne Revere (Anna Davis), William Conrad (Quinn), Joseph Pevney (Shorty Polaski), Lloyd Gough (Roberts (as Lloyd Goff)), Canada Lee (Ben Chaplin), Art Smith (David Davis), James Burke (Arnold), Virginia Gregg (Irma), Peter Virgo (Drummer, Roberts' Bodyguard), Joe Devlin (Prince), Shimen Ruskin (Shimen, the Grocer (as Shimen Rushkin)) |