The Pittsburgh Kid
Billy Conn, The Pittsburgh Kid Himself...in a story of the boxing world. An action plus story of a Pug and his women.
1941 | 76m | English
Popularity: 0.4 (history)
| Director: | Jack Townley |
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| Writer: | Octavus Roy Cohen, Earl Felton, Houston Branch |
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| Unable to sign boxer Joe Louis to movie contract, Republic Pictures had to make do with the losers of Louis' heavyweight championship bouts. One of these was Billy Conn, who after being knocked out by Louis in the 13th round awakened to star in the Republic programmer The Pittsburgh Kid. The story finds clean-limned pugilist Conn (playing himself) being managed by pretty Patricia Mallory. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 29, 1941 |
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| Director: | Jack Townley |
| Writer: | Octavus Roy Cohen, Earl Felton, Houston Branch |
| Genres: | Action |
| Keywords | boxer |
| Production Companies | Republic Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: May 03, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Billy Conn | Billy Conn |
| Jean Parker | Patricia Mallory |
| Dick Purcell | Cliff Halliday |
| Alan Baxter | Joe Barton |
| Veda Ann Borg | Barbara Ellison |
| Jonathan Hale | Max Ellison |
| Ernest Whitman | Feets Johnson |
| John Kelly | Knockout Riley |
| Etta McDaniel | Magenta |
| Dick Elliott | Garvey |
| John Harmon | Morrie |
| Robert Barron | Devlin |
| Henry Armstrong | Sparring Partner |
| Sam Balter | Radio announcer (voice) |
| Arthur Donovan | Referee |
| Jack Roper | The Champ |
| Freddie Steele | Freddie Steel |
| Dan Tobey | Fight Announcer |
| Edmund Cobb | (uncredited) |
| Donald Douglas | (uncredited) |
| William Forrest | (uncredited) |
| Harrison Greene | (uncredited) |
| Kit Guard | (uncredited) |
| Russell Hicks | (uncredited) |
| Nora Lane | (uncredited) |
| Charles Sullivan | (uncredited) |
| William Telaak | (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Octavus Roy Cohen | Novel |
| Earl Felton | Writer |
| Houston Branch | Writer |
| Jack Townley | Director |
| Reggie Lanning | Director of Photography |
| Ross DiMaggio | Original Music Composer |
| Mort Glickman | Original Music Composer |
| Paul Sawtell | Original Music Composer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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