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The Champ is a american film of genre Drama directed by King Vidor released in USA on 21 november 1931 with Wallace Beery
The Champ (1931)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 21 november 1931
Length 1h25
Directed by King Vidor
OriginUSA
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Rating72%
The Champ is an 1931 American Pre-Code film directed by King Vidor from a screenplay by Frances Marion, Leonard Praskins and Wanda Tuchock, and starring Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper. It tells the story of a washed up alcoholic boxer who tries to put his life together for the sake of his young son.
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Beery won the Oscar for Best Actor (sharing the prize with Fredric March for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), and Marion won for Best Story.
Synopsis
Andy "Champ" Purcell (Wallace Beery) is the former world heavyweight champion, now down on his luck and living in squalid conditions with his eight-year-old son "Dink" in Tijuana, Mexico. Champ attempts to train and to convince promoters to set up a fight for him, but his efforts are consistently stymied by his alcoholism. Dink is repeatedly disappointed and let down by his father's irresponsible actions and frequent broken promises to quit drinking, but his utter devotion to his father nonetheless never wavers.Actors
Wallace Beery
(Andy 'Champ' Purcell)
Jackie Cooper
(Dink Purcell)
Irene Rich
(Linda Carleton)
Roscoe Ates
(Sponge)
Edward Brophy
(Tim)
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