The read
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
105 audience votes
Key crew
- Carl ForemanScreenplay
- Mark RobsonDirector
- Dimitri TiomkinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Kirk DouglasMidge Kelly
- Marilyn MaxwellGrace Diamond
- Arthur KennedyConnie Kelly
- Paul StewartTommy Haley
- Ruth RomanEmma Bryce
- Lola AlbrightPalmer Harris
- Luis van RootenJerry Harris
- Harry ShannonLew
- John DaheimJohnny Dunne
- Ralph SanfordHammond
- Esther HowardMrs. Kelly
- Bill BaldwinBill Brown (Ringside Broadcaster) (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
sibling relationshipsportsbrotherboxertrainingwoman between two menfilm noirblack and whiterise to fameboxingboxing championboxing ring