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The Champ. (1931 film) The Champ is a 1931 American pre-Code film starring Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper and directed by King Vidor from a screenplay by Frances Marion, Leonard Praskins and Wanda Tuchock. The picture tells the story of a washed-up alcoholic boxer (Beery) attempting to put his life back together for the sake of his young son ...
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The Champ: Directed by King Vidor. With Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich, Roscoe Ates. An alcoholic ex-boxer struggles to provide a good living for his son.
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- Drama, Family, Sport
- King Vidor
- 1931-11-21
Oct 18, 2019 · Champ is a down-on-his-luck boxer in Tijuana whose son, Dink, adores him despite Champ's addictions to alcohol and gambling. When Champ wins enough money from a bet to buy Dink a horse, they enter it into a race, where they encounter Linda, Dink's mother, whom he has never met. Linda's rich new husband, Tony, convinces Champ to let Dink come ...
- Oct 18, 2019
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- Adam F.
The Champ (1931) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. ... Oscars SXSW Film Festival Cannes Film Festival STARmeter Awards ...
Champ, The (1931) -- (Movie Clip) Give The Kid A Chance At first amicable Tony (Carleton Young) and Linda (Irene Rich) see off her long-lost son Dink (Jackie Cooper) after a visit, his father (Wallace Beery, title character, with sidekick Roscoe Ates) paid for his trouble, then later in a Tijuana casino, pressed to compromise, in The Champ, 1931.
- King Vidor, Red Golden
- Wallace Beery
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Wallace Beery won an Academy Award-winning and Jackie Cooper became a star for their performances as a broken-down prizefighter and the son who's devoted to ...
A little rough around the edges and currently living in Tijuana, Andy Purcell, also known as Champ, is an ex-world heavyweight boxing champion who is trying to make a comeback. His career ended as a result of drinking, a vice which may thwart his chances at the comeback. Andy's adolescent son, nicknamed Dink, is his father's protector.