A prize-fighter falls under the nefarious influence of an unscrupulous boxing promoter-manager, to the detriment of his marriage.A prize-fighter falls under the nefarious influence of an unscrupulous boxing promoter-manager, to the detriment of his marriage.A prize-fighter falls under the nefarious influence of an unscrupulous boxing promoter-manager, to the detriment of his marriage.
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Vera Lewis
- Mrs. Turner
- (scenes deleted)
Charles C. Wilson
- Monigan
- (as Charles Wilson)
Nat Carr
- Undetermined Secondary Role
- (scenes deleted)
Herbert Anderson
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
Peter Ashley
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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- TriviaKnockout actually features a couple of actors who were former professional boxers. Noble Kid Chissell was a lightweight with a record of 1-8-1 and played the punch drunk Hawkins that Johnny has an exchange with in the locker room before his first fight in the film. Frank Riggi was a heavyweight with a record of 22-10-6 and played Monk Hanson the fighter who Johnny faces at the end of the film, and Riggi was also the boxer that John Garfield's character faced at the conclusion of They Made Me A Criminal.
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derivative boxing film
The very underrated Arthur Kennedy stars in "Knockout."
It's not very original. A guy (Kennedy) comes up from the ranks as a boxer, gets cocky, gets a sleaze manager (Anthony Quinn), tries to quit the ring and the manager sabotages him not only with his wife but with boxing; he hits the skids.
The only thing that makes this interesting is the cast, with handsome Cornel Wilde in a small role, Virginia Field as a reporter interested in Kennedy, and Olympe Bradna as Kennedy's wife. Bradna apparently married money and retired the year this film was released. She was very pretty but didn't have much to do.
Ordinary, but Kennedy is always worth watching.
It's not very original. A guy (Kennedy) comes up from the ranks as a boxer, gets cocky, gets a sleaze manager (Anthony Quinn), tries to quit the ring and the manager sabotages him not only with his wife but with boxing; he hits the skids.
The only thing that makes this interesting is the cast, with handsome Cornel Wilde in a small role, Virginia Field as a reporter interested in Kennedy, and Olympe Bradna as Kennedy's wife. Bradna apparently married money and retired the year this film was released. She was very pretty but didn't have much to do.
Ordinary, but Kennedy is always worth watching.
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- Sep 11, 2018
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- Runtime1 hour 13 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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