Day of the Fight

Apr 26, 1951

0h 13m

★ 5.7

Overview

'Day of the Fight' shows Irish-American middleweight boxer Walter Cartier during the height of his career, on the day of a fight with black middleweight Bobby James, which took place on April 17, 1950.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Day of the Fight Trailers

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Cast

Self, Walter's twin brother and manager

Vincent Cartier

Self

Walter Cartier

Self, boxing historian

Nat Fleischer

Self, Walter's opponent

Bobby James

Self, female fan in crowd (uncredited)

Judy Singer

Self (man at ringside with camera) (uncredited)

Stanley Kubrick

Self

Alexander Singer

Narrator

Douglas Edwards

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