The Champ
NR
7.2
1931
1 hr 26 min
Drama
A broken-down alcoholic prizefighter struggles to keep custody of his adoring son.
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- Cast:
- Wallace Beery , Jackie Cooper , Irene Rich , Roscoe Ates , Edward Brophy , Hale Hamilton , Marcia Mae Jones
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It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.
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It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.
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All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
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