The Champ
"The knockout picture of the year!"
A broken-down alcoholic prizefighter struggles to keep custody of his adoring son.
"The knockout picture of the year!"
A broken-down alcoholic prizefighter struggles to keep custody of his adoring son.
Wallace Beery
Andy 'Champ' Purcell
Jackie Cooper
Dink Purcell
Irene Rich
Linda Carleton
Roscoe Ates
Sponge
Edward Brophy
Tim
Hale Hamilton
Tony Carleton
Jesse Scott
Jonah
Marcia Mae Jones
Mary Lou Carleton
Dannie Mac Grant
Boy Taunting Dink (uncredited)
A broken-down alcoholic prizefighter struggles to keep custody of his adoring son.
Billy used to be a great boxer, but he's settled into a hardscrabble life that revolves around drinking, training horses, and the one bright spot in his existence — his young son, T.J. Although Billy has had custody of T.J. since his wife, Annie, left the family years ago, her return prompts a new struggle for the former fighter. Determined to hold on to his son, Billy gets back into the ring to try and recapture his past success.
An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.
Ben Crane believes that a severely injured racehorse deserves another chance. He and his daughter Cale adopt the mare and save it from being sacrificed by the owner.
Jackie Foster, a dynamic Assistant District Attorney and single mom, is looking forward to wrapping up her latest case and spending Christmas with Gracie, her adorable and precocious, eight-year old daughter. But when Jackie’s estranged dad, Jack , a gruff retired police officer, unexpectedly shows up at her door, they will be forced to confront old wounds.
The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.
Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
After a family tragedy, kung fu prodigy Li Fong is uprooted from his home in Beijing and forced to move to New York City with his mother. When a new friend needs his help, Li enters a karate competition – but his skills alone aren't enough. Li's kung fu teacher Mr. Han enlists original Karate Kid Daniel LaRusso for help, and Li learns a new way to fight, merging their two styles into one for the ultimate martial arts showdown.
After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman.
Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the fighter becomes surrounded by shady characters, including an unethical promoter named Roberts, who tempt the man with a number of vices. Charley finds himself faced with increasingly difficult choices.
Hotshot rugby player Rick Penning was the star player of his Arizona high school team until a fateful brush with the law forces him to ponder the consequences of his actions in a Salt Lake City juvenile detention center.