Knockout

Mar 29, 1941

1h 13m

★ 4.4

From Champ to Chump!

Overview

Johnny Rocket (Arthur Kennedy) needs to fight one more match to have enough money to get married to Angela (Olympe Bradna) and start on his dream to run and then own a gym. However, his manager makes sure that this does not happen and eventually Johnny embraces being a fighter, but Angela becomes increasingly unhappy.

Genres

Romance

Drama

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Knockout Trailers

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Cast

Johnny Rocket

Arthur Kennedy

Harry Trego

Anthony Quinn

Angela Grinnelli

Olympe Bradna

Gloria Van Ness

Virginia Field

Sleepy

Cliff Edwards

Tommy Rossi

Cornel Wilde

Denning

Frank Wilcox

George Allison

Richard Ainley

Louis Grinnelli

William Edmunds

Pat Martin

John Ridgely

Pelky

Ben Welden

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