Champion
Fighting or loving, he was the... CHAMPION
An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.
Crew and Cast
Mark RobsonDirector
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)Sam BalterChampionship Fight Announcer
Don BrodieNewspaper ReporterRalph BrooksNewspaper Reporter at Benefit
Mushy CallahanReferee Title Fight
Sayre DearingNewspaper Reporter at Benefit
Paul DubovGangsterJimmie DundeeTough Tramp in Boxcar
Joe GrayChampionship Fight Opponent
Chuck HamiltonFight Stadium Guard
Mike LallyWell-Wisher in Nightclub
Hal MarchMobster
George MeaderFight DoctorRalph MontgomeryNewspaper Reporter
Forbes MurraySpeaker at Benefit
Tim RyanAl (Kansas City Manager)Court ShepardFighter
Charles SherlockDunne's Cornerman
Hilda SimmsMaid
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Info
- Status
- Released
- Released
- 9 April 1949
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Rating
- NR
- TMDB score
- 6.7 / 10 (107 votes)
Production
- Director
- Mark Robson
- Writers
- Carl Foreman
- Studios
- Stanley Kramer Productions, Screen Plays
- Countries
- United States of America
Box Office
- Budget
- $600,000.0
- Revenue
- $2.5M
- Profit
- $1.9M
- Return
- 4.2×
Languages
- Original
- English
- Spoken
- English