The Champ (1931)
1h 26m
Running Time
November 21, 1931
Release Date
The Champ (1931)
1h 26m
Running Time
November 21, 1931
Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
A broken-down alcoholic prizefighter struggles to keep custody of his adoring son.
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Cast & Crew.
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)
Frank Hagney
Mexican Champ Manuel Quiroga (uncredited)
Dell Henderson
The Doctor (uncredited)
Tom McGuire
Los Angeles Promoter (uncredited)
Wanda Tuchock
Writer
Bob Perry
Referee (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Louie the Bartender (uncredited)
Andy Shuford
Boy at Racetrack (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release Date
November 21, 1931
Status
Released
Running Time
1h 26m
Content Rating
NR
Budget
$356,000
Box Office
$1,600,000
Filming Locations
Mexico
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
gambling
sport
fighter
alcoholic
single father
racetrack
divorced parents
boxing
father son relationship
prizefighting
boxer
prizefighter
retired prizefighter
alcoholic father
mother child separation
remade
mother son reunion
Wiki.
The Champ is a 1931 American pre-Code film starring Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper and directed by King Vidor from a screenplay by s Marion, Leonard Praskins and Wanda Tuchock. The picture tells the story of a washed-up alcoholic boxer (Beery) attempting to put his life back together for the sake of his young son (Cooper).
Beery won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance (sharing the prize with Fredric March for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), s Marion won the Academy Award for Best Story, and the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Director. In February 2020, the film was shown at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, as part of a retrospective dedicated to King Vidor's career.
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