Johnny Rocket (Arthur Kennedy) needs to fight one more match to have enough money to get married to Angela (Olympe Bradna) and start on his dream to run and then own a gym. However, his manager makes sure that this does not happen and eventually Johnny embraces being a fighter, but Angela becomes increasingly unhappy.
Acting
Arthur Kennedy's desperate hunger in his first leading role.
Direction
William Clemens crams a decade of plot into 73 efficient minutes.
Director
William Clemens
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Arthur Kennedy made this for Warner Bros' B-unit right before his breakthrough in High Sierra the same year.
This is pure 'Poverty Row' energy—studios churned out dozens of these boxing weepies for double bills, usually forgotten within weeks of release.
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