Both Jack Sander and Bob Corby are boxers in love with Mabel. Jack and Mabel wed, but their marriage is flat. The young wife looks to Bob for comfort.
Direction
Hitchcock's rare non-thriller shows his visual storytelling chops.
Cinematography
Innovative ring sequences that influenced boxing films for decades.
Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hitchcock designed the boxing scenes himself, using techniques from German expressionist cinema he admired.
Lead actress Lillian Hall-Davis tragically died by suicide in 1933; this remains one of her most celebrated performances.
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