A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.
Casts James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Lou Gilbert, Joel Fluellen, Chester Morris, Robert Webber, Marlene Warfield, Hal Holbrook, Beah Richards, Moses Gunn
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Show Boat
Gypsy
Dance with Me
A Subject of Scandal and Concern
All the Right Moves
An Inspector Calls
The House of Lies
Big Wednesday
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale
Forever the Moment
Julius Caesar
Brian's Song
Believe in Me
The Program
Oliver!
Phantom Punch
The Vampire
Facing the Giants
The Entertainer
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
SIMILAR MOVIES
Show Boat
IMDB 6.2 | Jul , 1951
A dashing Mississippi river gambler wins the affections of the daughter of the owner of the Show Boat.Gypsy
IMDB 6.2 | Dec , 1993
Gypsy's mother Rose dreams of a life in show business for her daughters, but Louise becomes a huge burlesque star. Stage musical loosely based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee.Dance with Me
IMDB 6.9 | Aug , 1998
Young Cuban Rafael just buried his mother, and comes to Houston to meet his father John for the first time. The difficult part is that John doesn't know he is Rafael's father. John runs a dance studio, and everyone prepares for the World Open Dance championship in Las Vegas. It soon becomes clear Rafael is a very good dancer, and Ruby is the biggest hope for the studio at the championship.A Subject of Scandal and Concern
IMDB 0 | Nov , 1960
A dramatized account of a Victorian cause célèbre, written by John Osborne and concerning the true story of the last person in England to be tried for blasphemy. Richard Burton plays John George Holyoake, a social reformer who goes on trial for speaking in public about his atheist views. Rachel Roberts plays his wife, and the programme is introduced by Face to Face inquisitor John Freeman.All the Right Moves
IMDB 5.8 | Oct , 1983
Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Western Pennsylvania steel town with a football scholarship. His equally ambitious coach aims at a college position, resulting in a clash which could crush the player's dreams.An Inspector Calls
IMDB 7.2 | Mar , 1954
An upper-crust family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious circumstances. It seems that any or all of them could have had a hand in her death. But who is the mysterious Inspector and what can he want of them?The House of Lies
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1926
Adaptation of Ibsen's play Vildanden.Big Wednesday
IMDB 6.9 | May , 1978
Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.The Eccentricities of a Nightingale
IMDB 8.3 | Jun , 1976
The tale of a lonely Southern woman's longing for her handsome next-door neighbor. At once tragic and romantic, the story is a reworking of the Williams play "Summer and Smoke," which uses the same characters and setting but in dramatically different ways.Forever the Moment
IMDB 6.6 | Jan , 2008
A look at the Korean women's handball team and their journey to the 2004 Summer Olympics. Their path was far from flowery, and they must overcome many obstacles before they can head over to compete.Julius Caesar
IMDB 7.1 | Jun , 1953
The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but both have sorely underestimated Mark Antony.Brian's Song
IMDB 7.2 | Nov , 1971
Based on the real-life relationship between teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and the bond established when Piccolo discovers that he is dying.Believe in Me
IMDB 6.4 | Sep , 2006
In a conservative small town, a young man's wish to coach high school basketball are tweaked by a school board decision that makes him the new coach of the girls' team.The Program
IMDB 6.4 | Sep , 1993
Several players from different backgrounds try to cope with the pressures of playing football at a major university. Each deals with the pressure differently, some turn to drinking, others to drugs, and some to studying.Oliver!
IMDB 7 | Sep , 1968
Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and trained to be pickpockets by master thief Fagin.Phantom Punch
IMDB 5.3 | Sep , 2008
From his discovery by a priest while serving time at the Missouri State Penitentiary to the infamous 'Phantom Punch' by Cassius Clay which effectively ended his career, the movie spans the years from 1950 to Liston's mysterious and untimely death in 1971.The Vampire
IMDB 0 | Aug , 1915
The Vampire is a surviving 1915 silent film drama directed by Alice Guy and starring Olga Petrova. It is one of Petrova's and Guy's few surviving silent films.Facing the Giants
IMDB 7.6 | Sep , 2006
A losing coach with an underdog football team faces their giants of fear and failure on and off the field to surprising results.The Entertainer
IMDB 6.2 | Jul , 1960
Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
IMDB 6.9 | Feb , 1991
Rosencrantz and Guildensterm, minor characters from the play 'Hamlet', find themselves on the road to Elsinore Castle at the behest of the King of Denmark. The duo encounter a band of players before arriving to find that they are needed to try to discern what troubles the prince Hamlet. Meanwhile, they ponder the meaning of their existence.