Champion
Fighting or loving, he was the... CHAMPION
6.7(103) 1949-04-09 99 minDrama
An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.
DirectorMark Robson
ScreenplayCarl Foreman
Original Music ComposerDimitri Tiomkin
ProducerStanley Kramer
Cast & characters
Kirk Douglas
as Midge Kelly
Marilyn Maxwell
as Grace Diamond
Arthur Kennedy
as Connie Kelly
Paul Stewart
as Tommy Haley
Ruth Roman
as Emma Bryce
Lola Albright
as Palmer Harris
Luis van Rooten
as Jerry Harris
Harry Shannon
as Lew
John Daheim
as Johnny Dunne
Ralph Sanford
as Hammond
Esther Howard
as Mrs. Kelly
Bill Baldwin
as Bill Brown (Ringside Broadcaster) (uncredited)
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Sam Balter
as Championship Fight Announcer (uncredited)
Don Brodie
as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
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Ralph Brooks
as Newspaper Reporter at Benefit (uncredited)
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Mushy Callahan
as Referee Title Fight (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing
as Newspaper Reporter at Benefit (uncredited)
Paul Dubov
as Gangster (uncredited)
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Jimmie Dundee
as Tough Tramp in Boxcar (uncredited)
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Joe Gray
as Championship Fight Opponent (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
as Fight Stadium Guard (uncredited)
Mike Lally
as Well-Wisher in Nightclub (uncredited)
Hal March
as Mobster (uncredited)
George Meader
as Fight Doctor (uncredited)
