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Champ for a Day
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Champ for a Day

1953-08-15 · 90 min · ★ 7.0

Crime · Comedy · Drama

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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Directors
William A. Seiter
Production companies
Republic Pictures
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Alex NicolAlex NicolGeorge Wilson
Audrey TotterAudrey TotterMiss Peggy Gormley
Charles WinningerCharles WinningerPa Karlsen
Hope EmersonHope EmersonMa Karlsen
Joseph WisemanJoseph WisemanDominic Guido
Barry KelleyBarry KelleyTom Healy
Harry MorganHarry MorganAl Muntz
Jesse WhiteJesse WhiteWillie Foltis
Horace McMahonHorace McMahonSam Benton
Grant WithersGrant WithersScott Cameron
Dick WesselDick Wessel'Speedtrap' Calhoun
Hal BaylorHal Baylor'Soldier' Freeman

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