The Crowd Roars

Aug 6, 1938

1h 30m

★ 6.5

DRAMA! YOUR THRILL OF A LIFETIME!

Overview

A young boxer gets caught between a no-good father and a crime boss when he starts dating the boss's daughter, although she doesn't know what daddy does for a living.

Genres

Drama

Action

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

'Killer' McCoy

Robert Taylor

Jim Cain

Edward Arnold

Brian McCoy

Frank Morgan

Sheila 'Shelia' Carson

Maureen O'Sullivan

Johnny Martin

William Gargan

'Happy' Lane

Lionel Stander

Vivian

Jane Wyman

'Pug' Walsh

Nat Pendleton

Bill Thorne

Charles D. Brown

Tommy McCoy, as a boy

Gene Reynolds

Pete Mariola

Don 'Red' Barry

Mrs. Martin

Isabel Jewell

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