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Champion

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Calorie Rating: 139
Released: 1949-04-09
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 99 Minutes
Budget: 600000
Revenue 2500000
Studios: Stanley Kramer Productions, Screen Plays, United Artists,


An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.

Director / Directors

Mark Robson
Director
Ivan Volkman
Assistant Director


Cast

Kirk Douglas
Character: Midge Kelly
Marilyn Maxwell
Character: Grace Diamond
Arthur Kennedy
Character: Connie Kelly

Paul Stewart
Character: Tommy Haley
Ruth Roman
Character: Emma Bryce
Lola Albright
Character: Palmer Harris

Luis van Rooten
Character: Harris
Harry Shannon
Character: Lew
John Daheim
Character: Dunne

Ralph Sanford
Character: Hammond
Esther Howard
Character: Mrs. Kelly
Bill Baldwin
Character: Bill Brown (Ringside Broadcaster) (uncredited)

Sam Balter
Character: Championship Fight Announcer (uncredited)
Don Brodie
Character: Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
Character: Newspaper Reporter at Benefit (uncredited)

Mushy Callahan
Character: Referee Title Fight (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing
Character: Newspaper Reporter at Benefit (uncredited)
Paul Dubov
Character: Gangster (uncredited)

Jimmie Dundee
Character: Tough Tramp in Boxcar (uncredited)
Joe Gray
Character: Championship Fight Opponent (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Character: Fight Stadium Guard (uncredited)

Mike Lally
Character: Well-Wisher in Nightclub (uncredited)
Hal March
Character: Mobster (uncredited)
George Meader
Character: Fight Doctor (uncredited)

Ralph Montgomery
Character: Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Character: Speaker at Benefit (uncredited)
Tim Ryan
Character: Al (Kansas City Manager) (uncredited)

Court Shepard
Character: Fighter (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
Character: Dunne's Cornerman (uncredited)
Hilda Simms
Character: Maid (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan
Character: Kansas City Referee (uncredited)
Polly Bergen
Character: Radio and Jukebox Singer (voice) (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Carl Foreman
Screenplay
Ring Lardner
Original Story

Franz Planer
Director of Photography
Joe King
Costume Design
Clem Beauchamp
Production Manager

Jean L. Speak
Sound Engineer
Edward G. Boyle
Set Decoration

Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer
Adele Parmenter
Costume Design
Robert Stillman
Associate Producer

Gustaf Norin
Makeup Department Head

Rudolph Sternad
Production Design
Perry Finnerman
Camera Operator

Dave Ragin
Camera Operator