There Ain't No Justice (1939)
Directed by Penrose Tennyson / Pen Tennyson
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Sports Drama |
Release Date - Jun 1, 1939 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 83 min. |
Countries - United Kingdom |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
There Ain't No Justice turned out to be the "breakthrough" picture for youthful British actor Jimmy Hanley. The star plays a garage mechanic who has an inborn talent for boxing. Needing a lot of money in a hurry, he falls in with a crooked fight promoter (Edward Chapman), who advertises Hanley as the next champ with a series of fixed bouts. By the time he realizes he's being set up as the patsy for a gambling ring, our hero has figure out a way to flummox the crooks and arrange a financial windfall for his long-neglected father (Edward Rigby). Based on a novel by James Curtis, There Ain't No Justice was a fixture of American "Late Late Shows" in the early 1950s.
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fixed [corruption], boxing, get-rich-quick-scheme, marriage, promoter