Summaries

Crooks use prizefights as setups and local sports editor (Whalen) is out to stop them.

Tracey Browne (Michael Whalen), sports editor of the "Globe", leanrs that fight promoter Richards (Alan Dinehart) and Stevens (Douglas Fowley), sports editor of the "Dispatch", are conducting a boxing racket that victimizes down-and-out, has-been fighters, and he denounces them in his column. He gives Alice Fuller (Richelle Hudson),daughter of one of the fighters (Pat Flaherty) whom he aids , the job of following young Clint De Witt (John Beck), son of the "Globe's" owner, to see that he sticks to his job. Browne, who has fallen in love with Alice, thinks it is Clint she loves. In their effort to get Browne for his meddling, Richards and Stevens strike at him through Clint.—Les Adams <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • boxing
  • job
  • prizefight
  • promoter
  • unscrupulousness
Genres
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Romance
  • Sport
Release date Jan 21, 1937
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Approved
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production companies Twentieth Century Fox

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 2m
Color Black and White
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

Synopsis

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