Knockout (1941)
Directed by William Clemens / William B. Clemens
Genres - Drama, Sports & Recreation |
Sub-Genres - Psychological Drama, Sports Drama |
Release Date - Mar 29, 1941 (USA) |
Run Time - 73 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan
In this boxing drama, champion fighter Johnny Rocket decides to leave the ring to please his new bride. Unfortunately, his greedy manager, unwilling to get off the gravy train engineers things so that the fighter cannot find work and must return to the squared circle to make a living. His ploy works, and the fighter resumes his career. He also begins falling in love with a sexy female sports writer. This causes his marriage to disintegrate. The avaricious manager decides to make a lot of money fast and so sets his fighter up to take a dive and betting against him. The doped up fighter loses the fight. He also loses the sportswriter. Fortunately his true love is around to pick him up and help him start anew.
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boxing, champion, fixed [corruption], conflict, extramarital-affair, fighter, manager, marriage, payoff, prizefighter, promoter, socialite, sports, wager