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The Contender
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The Contender

May 10, 1944
1h 3m
★ 3.0

Overview

A truck driver turns to prizefighting with hopes of earning enough cash to send his son to military school. 1944.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

PRC
Sigmund Neufeld Productions

Cast

Buster Crabbe

Gary Farrel

Buster Crabbe

Arline Judge

Linda Martin

Arline Judge

Julie Gibson

Rita Langdon

Julie Gibson

Donald Mayo

Mickey Farrel

Donald Mayo

Glenn Strange

Biff Benham

Glenn Strange

Milton Kibbee

Pop Turner

Milton Kibbee

Roland Drew

Kip Morgan

Roland Drew

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