The Champ

Nov 21, 1931

1h 26m

★ 7.1

The knockout picture of the year!

Overview

A broken-down alcoholic prizefighter struggles to keep custody of his adoring son.

Genres

Drama

Family

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The Champ Trailers

Cast

Andy 'Champ' Purcell

Wallace Beery

Dink Purcell

Jackie Cooper

Linda Carleton

Irene Rich

Sponge

Roscoe Ates

Tim

Edward Brophy

Tony Carleton

Hale Hamilton

Jonah

Jesse Scott

Mary Lou Carleton

Marcia Mae Jones

Boy Taunting Dink (uncredited)

Dannie Mac Grant

Mexican Champ Manuel Quiroga (uncredited)

Frank Hagney

The Doctor (uncredited)

Dell Henderson

Los Angeles Promoter (uncredited)

Tom McGuire

Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.

6.4

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5.8

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0.0

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6.2

Johnny O'Clock

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6.5

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0.0

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7.0

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7.0

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0.0

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7.1

Nightmare Alley

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6.1

Animalympics

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3.1

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6.0

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6.9

Smart Money

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6.2

The Great White Hope

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7.2

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6.5

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6.8

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6.9

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