The Square Ring (1953)
A Knockout!
Жанр : драма
Время выполнения : 1Ч 23М
Директор : Basil Dearden
Писатель : Robert Westerby
Краткое содержание
Boxing drama following the lives of 5 different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers.
Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer who was flirting with Burleigh's sister. The newspapers get hold of the story and photographers even catch Burleigh knock out Speed again. Speed's crooked manager decides to turn Burleigh into a fighter. Burleigh doesn't realize that all of his opponents have been asked to take a dive. Thinking he really is a great fighter, Burleigh develops a swelled head which puts a crimp in his relationship with pretty nightclub singer Polly Pringle. He may finally get his comeuppance when he challenges Speed for the title.
Wally Hogan has things going his way. He is the manager-trainer of Bullet Bradley, a fighter who has just won the lightweight championship. However, life suddenly takes a not-so-happy turn when Bullet gets drafted.
Photographer Bruce Weber profiles boxer Andy Minsker, including his pro career and family relations, and the boys' boxing club Minsker runs.
Third Roque Gonzalez is a freeloader who lives with his friend Federico, famous ex-jockey who is now racing in hours after low fat. Federico can not shake off Roque, as it constantly reminds that when they were seven, saved his life. The thing is that Frederic attends a gym with the hope of returning to thin enough to ride again, and learns that there Botija Kid, the champion of Spain in the welterweights, need to stake his title to qualify for the European Championship boxing. But of course, nobody wants to take a beating the champion, despite offering her coach bag. Among Paco, the owner of the gym, and Frederick, Roque to get rolling, deceived, you agree to fight the champion ... Parody of the popular movie "Rocky."
A retired prizefighter becomes the unlikely guardian of a young orphan recently arrived in the United States. Director John Waters' 1946 period comedy, set in New York's Bowery, stars Wallace Beery, Dean Stockwell, Aline MacMahon, Edward Arnold, Cameron Mitchell, Dorothy Patrick, Aubrey Mather, Clinton Sundberg, Milton Parsons, Morris Ankrum and Oliver Blake.
Patty Sullivan (Erica Eleniak) is a battered woman who decides to take charge of her life by taking boxing lessons to better protect herself when her boyfriend becomes violent. Patty soon learns she has some talent for boxing and sets her sights on competing in a professional fight. More is on the line than just the woman's title.
1936 год. Немецкий чемпион Макс Шмеллинг одержал победу над американским боксером-тяжеловесом Джо Луисом. Вернувшись на родину победителем, Макс получил всеобщее признание и уважение. Когда же, спустя два года, Шмеллинг проиграл Луису в матче-реванше, он потерял расположение властей и публики, а Джо, в свою очередь, вознесся к вершинам спортивной славы…
The beautiful ex-cop/bar owner/private eye goes undercover as a boxer at an illegal underground fight club in order to find the killer of a female boxer.
Ariel is a troubled girl with more than the usual teenage problems. When her emotion and temper get the best of her, she is drawn into a world where she can take out her anger with her fists. In the tradition of 'Girlfight' comes a wildly original story of rage and redemption.
Manny Pacquiao is not perfect. He's not unbeatable. He's not impossible to root against. Imagine that. In the last seven months, nothing has quantitatively changed for Pacquiao, who is still on a winning streak and still one of the most insanely famous people in the world. And yet it feels like things are on the precipice of changing. There's no need to trot out the "oh, how the mighty have fallen" cliché for him just yet. But there's something vaguely in flux about the Filipino living legend's aura, and the idea of the mighty falling is suddenly conceivable.
Daffy causes trouble on a Hollywood set.
Catita is a simple and poor woman who dreams of that her son stands out on something important to help her out of his humble. But she opposes to him being boxer, therefore constantly fighting with her husband.
Story of romance between a young boxer in fairground boxing booth and a chorus girl, and how 'Racer', a 'Wall of Death' rider in the same fairground, involves them in a robbery.
An arrogant boxer (Pat O'Brien) discovers his wife (Glenda Farrell) had a hand in his success.
After a successful amateur boxing career, a blue-collar family man struggles to live his life as a professional fighter in spite of a history of head injuries and recent losses in the ring.
An ex-sailor turned boxer finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title.
Овдовевшая Росария Паронди и четверо её сыновей решают переехать из нищей Сицилийской деревни в Милан, где живёт пятый сын. В поисках лучшей доли и достойного заработка братья не гнушаются никакой работы. Постепенно каждый находит своё место. Но отношения в некогда сплоченной семье раскалываются: красавец Рокко вступает в противоборство со своим жестоким братом Симоном. «Яблоком раздора» становится девушка легкого поведения Надя, решившая оставить работу и выйти замуж. Именно её расположения добиваются братья. Ожесточённая вражда способна завести их слишком далеко, вплоть до убийства…
Arguably the biggest fight of 2012 takes place on Cinco de Mayo, with Floyd Mayweather looking to add another championship to his mantle when he takes on Miguel Cotto for the WBA light middleweight title.
Драма боксера, вернувшегося на ринг вопреки всеобщему неверию в его возможности.
Fighters is often cited as the definitive documentary film on the subject of boxing. It brilliantly captures both the romanticism and the agonising, sweat-dripping discipline inherent in this hardest game of all.