Champ for a Day (1953)
1h 30m
Running Time
August 15, 1953Release Date
Champ for a Day (1953)
1h 30m
Running Time
August 15, 1953Release Date
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Plot.
An up-and-coming heavyweight fighter, George Wilson, arrives in Vulcan City, a small mid-western town over-run by racketeers, to fight a heavily-favored Frankie Sebastian. George arrives but his manager Dolan is nowhere to be found. But Ma and Pa Karlsen, owners of Karlsen's Kozy Kottages motel and restaurant take him under their wing. He meets Miss Gormley who is also there to meet the no-show manager who is blackmailing her brother. Dolan still hasn't arrived by the date of the fight but, to the surprise of sports-promoters Tom Healy and Dominic Guido, George shows up and wins the fight. This wins him the friendship of trainer Al Muntz and the enmity of Willie Foltis, a punchy ex-fighter and a Healy henchman. This leads George to a fight with "Soldier" Freeman, whose manager Scotty Cameron has made arrangements for the favored-Freeman to take a dive, so he and Healy and Guido can clean up betting on the underdog. But Honest George has other plans.
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Cast & Crew.

Alex Nicol
George Wilson

Audrey Totter
Miss Peggy Gormley

Charles Winninger
Pa Karlsen

Hope Emerson
Ma Karlsen

Joseph Wiseman
Dominic Guido

Barry Kelley
Tom Healy

Harry Morgan
Al Muntz

Jesse White
Willie Foltis
Media.

Details.
Release DateAugust 15, 1953
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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Wiki.
Champ for a Day is a 1953 American crime film directed by William A. Seiter and written by Irving Shulman. The film stars Alex Nicol, Audrey Totter, Charles Winninger, Hope Emerson, Joseph Wiseman and Barry Kelley. The film was released on August 15, 1953, by Republic Pictures.
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