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Champion
Directed by
Mark Robson
Not Rated
1949
1h 39m
Drama
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Film-Noir
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7.3
94%
73%
6.6
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Boxer Midge Kelly rises to fame...mainly by stepping on other people.
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Cast of Champion
Kirk Douglas
Midge Kelly
Marilyn Maxwell
Grace Diamond
Arthur Kennedy
Connie Kelly
Paul Stewart
Tommy Haley
Ruth Roman
Emma Bryce
Lola Deem
Palmer Harris
Luis van Rooten
Jerry Harris
Harry Shannon
Lew
John Daheim
Johnny Dunne
Ralph Sanford
Hammond
Esther Howard
Mrs. Kelly
Bill Baldwin
Bill Brown (Ringside Broadcaster) (uncredited)
Sam Balter
Championship Fight Announcer (uncredited)
Don Brodie
Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
Newspaper Reporter at Benefit (uncredited)
Mushy Callahan
Referee Title Fight (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing
Newspaper Reporter at Benefit (uncredited)
Paul Dubov
Gangster (uncredited)
Jimmie Dundee
Tough Tramp in Boxcar (uncredited)
Joe Gray
Championship Fight Opponent (uncredited)
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Champion Ratings & Reviews
Mister Arn
May 17, 2025
Kirk Douglas has a way with charming yet completely self-centered characters. Champion has some flaws, but Kirk Douglas's performance makes it worth watching.
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Elsa Branden
Long, loud cheers for the season's smashing movie of the fight game.
Michael J. Cinema
Michael J. Casey
In another movie, maybe a Hollywood melodrama, Kelly's defiance, and individualism would be celebrated, maybe even lauded, treating Kelly's rise from rags to riches as something distinctly American and noble.
Associated Press
Christy Lemire
A tight, gripping drama worth more to the movie customer than many multi-million epics.
The Hollywood Reporter
THR Staff
Frank Planer's photography has much drama as the script as it begins to tell the story right under the titles and continues compelling on its course through the grim, relentless narrative.
New York Times
Bosley Crowther
Kirk Douglas does a good, aggressive job, with a slight inclination to over-eagerness at times, which might amuse an old fight fan.
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Emanuel Levy
In his first Oscar nomination in Mark Robson's compelling melodrama, Kirk Douglas gives a ferociously realistic performance as a boxer determined to succeed at all costs.
Kansas City Kansan
Steve Crum
One of the best fight films ever, also one of Kirk's best
TV Guide
Robson's direction is all action, wasting no time in telling this compelling story, and Carl Foreman's script is sharply observant of the boxing milieu.
Movie Mom
Nell Minow
Brilliant, searing, heartbreaking.
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