Ralph Meeker
Socks Barbarrosa
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Glory Alley is a 1952 American musical drama film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Ralph Meeker, Leslie Caron and Gilbert Roland.
Glory Alley: Directed by Raoul Walsh. With Ralph Meeker, Leslie Caron, Kurt Kasznar, Gilbert Roland. An about-to-retire New Orleans newspaper columnist tells the story of a most unforgettable character: boxer Socks Barbarossa.
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- Drama, Music
- Raoul Walsh
- 1952-06-06
"It's a street of despair, but you can still find heaven there. That's the glory of the alley," sings jazz great Louis Armstrong in the title song from Glory Alley (1952). In this case, Glory Alley is a side street in New Orleans' Latin Quarter where Armstrong and his buddies hang out.
- Raoul Walsh, Joel Freeman, Gilbert Kay
- Ralph Meeker
Nov 11, 2016 · Friday's Old Fashioned: Glory Alley (1952) “Glory Alley’s” a weird one. It frames its story through an old newspaperman, Gabe Jordan, telling a young charge about the greatest story he ever told, which laces the ensuing movie with mounds of irony because if “Glory Alley” is the greatest story he ever told then, damn, he wouldn’t ...
As popular New Orleans-Times Picayune columnist Gabe Jordan is about to retire, he tells his successor, Dan, to find stories about real people, especially those on the section of Bourbon Street called “Glory Alley.”
Sep 10, 2012 · Glory Alley 1952, directed by Raoul Walsh | Film review. Film. Time Out says. Set among the 'pugs and mugs' of Bourbon Street, New Orleans, this is long on atmosphere but short on...
Trivia. IMDbPro. All topics. Plot. Glory Alley. Summaries. An about-to-retire New Orleans newspaper columnist tells the story of a most unforgettable character: boxer Socks Barbarossa. In New Orleans, prizefighter Socks Barbarrosa suddenly runs out of the ring before his title bout and swears he'll never fight again.
