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Overview

User Rating:
6.8/10   495 votes
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Director:
Rouben Mamoulian
Writers:
Clifford Odets (play)
Lewis Meltzer (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
5 September 1939 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
A Famous Play.....Now A Great Picture! more
Plot:
Despite his musical talent, Joe Bonaparte wants to be a boxer. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Art "Golden Boy" Aragon Dead At 80
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 26 March 2008, 10:04 AM, PDT)

Daniel Taradash Dead at 90
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 26 February 2003)

User Comments:
Involving Story With Good Characters more
US TV Schedule:
Fri. July 1712:00 AMTCM   

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Barbara Stanwyck ... Lorna Moon

Adolphe Menjou ... Tom Moody

William Holden ... Joe Bonaparte

Lee J. Cobb ... Mr. Bonaparte
Joseph Calleia ... Eddie Fuseli
Sam Levene ... Siggie
Edward Brophy ... Roxy Lewis (as Edward S. Brody)
Beatrice Blinn ... Anna 'Duchess'
William H. Strauss ... Mr. Carp
Don Beddoe ... Borneo
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Charles Halton ... Newspaperman (scenes deleted)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
99 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Certification:
Iceland:L | Portugal:M/12 | Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #5368)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
William Holden was considered not to be up to the role in the film, however Barbara Stanwyck urged producers to keep him in the picture, and succeeded. In 1978, at the The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978) (TV), before starting the presentation of the sound award, William Holden publicly thanked Stanwyck for what she did. more
Quotes:
Eddie Fuseli: This your girl?
Lorna Moon: I'm my mother's girl.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in 'Sunset Blvd.': A Look Back (2002) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Funiculi, Funicula more

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10 out of 12 people found the following comment useful:-
Involving Story With Good Characters, 31 October 2006
8/10
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

I found this to be a pretty solid movie with some interesting characters. It was a shock at first to see William Holden this young. I had known him at that time as an older guy. In this film, he looked about 19 and didn't even have the deep voice I was accustomed to hearing. I didn't Lee J. Cobb, either, who played Holden's father, a Jewish man with a beard. Barbara Stanwyck, meanwhile, played her typical role: tough gal with a soft heart underneath.

Story-wise, there were a couple of holes in it near the end which lowered my rating a tiny bit. No stranger, in a big fight, would be allowed to walk into a fighter's dressing room right before the bout. In fairness, I've seen that in other classic films, too, even to the point of the boxer being in his room totally alone and anyone walking in. I don't think so!!!!

Anyway, outside of those little things, it was a well-done and involving story that got me hooked in from the start. I've watched this twice and enjoyed it both times. Now I am just waiting for a DVD of this.

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