Conceited World Champion boxer Tommy Lundy decides to test his popularity in a Broadway show. Tommy always has an eye for the ladies and he starts paying attention to beautiful chorus girl Pat Lambert. Pat's boyfriend Bill Smith isn't impressed with Tommy even though Tommy gets him a boxing part in the show. When Tommy finds out that Pat and Bill were secretly together the night before the show opens, he angrily plans to turn the boxing scene with Bill into a real bout.
Acting
Victor Mature's spectacularly un-self-aware blowhard routine.
Costume
Betty Grable's wardrobe deserves its own billing.
Practical Effects
The boxing-on-stage finale: staged mayhem with real stakes.
Director
Gregory Ratoff
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Betty Grable's sole 1942 release without her iconic million-dollar legs being insured by Fox—though you'd never know from the camera work.
The 'boxer goes Broadway' plot was peak wartime escapism: masculine athleticism domesticated into harmless song-and-dance spectacle for homefront audiences.
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