YouTube Premium (coming soon)The Champ(1931)
A broken-down alcoholic prizefighter struggles to keep custody of his adoring son.
Directed by King Vidor - With Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich, Roscoe Ates, Marcia Mae Jones, Dell Henderson, ...
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