The read
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes43%
Metacritic53/100
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
37 audience votes
Key crew
- Martin RittDirector
- Howard SacklerScreenplay
- Lionel NewmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- James Earl JonesJack Jefferson
- Jane AlexanderEleanor
- Lou GilbertGoldie
- Joel FluellenTick
- Chester MorrisPop Weaver
- Robert WebberDixon
- Marlene WarfieldClara
- Hal HolbrookCameron
- Beah RichardsMama Tiny
- Moses GunnScipio
- Larry PennellBrady
- Marcel DalioFrench Promoter