Champ for a Day

Champ for a Day (1953)

Released: 1953-08-15 Duration: 1hr 30min
Genres: Crime Comedy Drama
Rating 6.0
HIS FISTS...Made For Killing...HER LIPS...Made For Kissing

Overview

An up-and-coming heavyweight fighter, George Wilson, arrives in Vulcan City, a small mid-western town over-run by racketeers, to fight a heavily-favored Frankie Sebastian. George arrives but his manager Dolan is nowhere to be found. But Ma and Pa Karlsen, owners of Karlsen's Kozy Kottages motel and restaurant take him under their wing. He meets Miss Gormley who is also there to meet the no-show manager who is blackmailing her brother. Dolan still hasn't arrived by the date of the fight but, to the surprise of sports-promoters Tom Healy and Dominic Guido, George shows up and wins the fight. This wins him the friendship of trainer Al Muntz and the enmity of Willie Foltis, a punchy ex-fighter and a Healy henchman. This leads George to a fight with "Soldier" Freeman, whose manager Scotty Cameron has made arrangements for the favored-Freeman to take a dive, so he and Healy and Guido can clean up betting on the underdog. But Honest George has other plans.

Production Companies

Republic Pictures
Republic Pictures

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language en
Popularity 0.665

Directed By

William A. Seiter

Crew

Director of Photography
John L. Russell
Screenplay
Irving Shulman
Editor
Fred Allen
Stunts
Bob Herron

TOP CAST

Alex Nicol
Alex Nicol

George Wilson

Audrey Totter
Audrey Totter

Miss Peggy Gormley

Charles Winninger
Charles Winninger

Pa Karlsen

Hope Emerson
Hope Emerson

Ma Karlsen

Joseph Wiseman
Joseph Wiseman

Dominic Guido

Barry Kelley
Barry Kelley

Tom Healy

Harry Morgan
Harry Morgan

Al Muntz

Jesse White
Jesse White

Willie Foltis

Horace McMahon
Horace McMahon

Sam Benton

Grant Withers
Grant Withers

Scott Cameron

Dick Wessel
Dick Wessel

'Speedtrap' Calhoun

Hal Baylor
Hal Baylor

'Soldier' Freeman

Similar Movies