The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Despite his talent as a musician, a city boy decides to become a boxer. He's successful as a fighter — much to the dismay of his father. When gangsters try to buy a piece of him, he begins to have second thoughts.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
36 audience votes
Key crew
- Lewis MeltzerScreenplay
- Victor HeermanScreenplay
- Rouben MamoulianDirector
- Sarah Y. MasonScreenplay
- Victor YoungOriginal Music Composer
- Daniel TaradashScreenplay
Cast
- Barbara StanwyckLorna Moon
- Adolphe MenjouTom Moody
- William HoldenJoe Bonaparte
- Lee J. CobbMr. Bonaparte
- Joseph CalleiaEddie Fuseli
- Sam LeveneSiggie
- Edward BrophyRoxy Lewis
- Beatrice BlinnAnna 'Duchess'
- William H. StraussMr. Carp
- Don BeddoeBorneo
- Stanley AndrewsDriscoll, Fight Official
- Gordon ArmitageFighter