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| Director: | Roy Rowland |
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| Writer: | Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, George Bruce, Thomas Lennon, George Oppenheimer |
| Staring: |
| Tommy McCoy grew up poor and scrappy. As a young man he discovers that he can fight with his powerful right arm. He becomes successful at boxing, however he has an alcoholic father. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 01, 1947 |
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| Director: | Roy Rowland |
| Writer: | Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, George Bruce, Thomas Lennon, George Oppenheimer |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | b movie, secret life, alcoholic father, betting, boxing |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2024 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Mickey Rooney | Tommy McCoy / Killer McCoy |
| Brian Donlevy | Jim Caighn |
| Ann Blyth | Sheila Carrson |
| James Dunn | Brian McCoy |
| Tom Tully | Cecil Y. Walsh |
| Sam Levene | Happy |
| Walter Sande | Bill Thorne |
| Mickey Knox | Johnny Martin |
| James Bell | Father Patrick Ryan |
| Gloria Holden | Mrs. Laura McCoy |
| Bob Steele | Sailor Graves |
| Frank Mayo | Man at Bar (uncredited) |
| Milburn Stone | Henchman (uncredited) |
| Shelley Winters | Waitress / Autograph Hound (uncredited) |
| John George | Man at Gym (uncredited) |
| Douglas Croft | Danny Burns, Newsboy |
| Eve March | Mrs. Martin |
| David Clarke | Pete Mariola |
| June Storey | Arlene |
| Eric Roberts | Joe |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Ralph E. Winters | Editor |
| Douglas Shearer | Sound Director |
| Frederick Hazlitt Brennan | Writer |
| Joseph Ruttenberg | Director of Photography |
| David Snell | Original Music Composer |
| Roy Rowland | Director |
| George Bruce | Story |
| Thomas Lennon | Story |
| Eddie Imazu | Art Direction |
| Richard E. Thomas | Set Decoration |
| Dolph Zimmer | Assistant Director |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| George Oppenheimer | Story |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Sam Zimbalist | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 3 |
| 2024 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Overall a decent boxing flick with Mickey Rooney playing his regular part: scrappy, down, up, down and then in love. The weakest points are when some very improbable (and unnecessary) plot choices are used that make me cringe (like expecting a very alcoholic braggart of a father to keep a secret). B ... ut what can you expect from a B Mickey Rooney flick?