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Champion(Movie, 1950)

1h 39min | Genre: Drama
ChampionRating: 3.3/5 (with 3737 votes)
Champion is a 1949 American drama film noir sport film directed by Mark Robson with a screenplay written by Carl Foreman based on a short story by Ring Lardner, and starring Kirk Douglas, Marilyn Maxwell and Arthur Kennedy. The picture recounts the struggles of boxer "Midge" Kelly fighting his own demons while working to achieve success in the boxing ring. Cinematography by Franz Planer. The supporting cast features Paul Stewart, Ruth Roman and Lola Albright. The film won an Academy Award for Best Film Editing and gained five other nominations as well, including a Best Actor for Douglas. Several clips from the film were used in Douglas' 1999 film Diamonds to illustrate his character's career as a boxer. ()
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Awards & Nominations for Champion

Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-And-White Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

About Champion

An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.

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Trailer for Champion + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

CHAMPION Exclusive Trailer [1949] 4K(Trailer, 1:42)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 13 languages: Bulgarian (BG), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 04/09/1949
Director: Mark Robson
Producer: Stanley Kramer
Screenwriter: Carl Foreman
Film Editor: Harry W. Gerstad
Director of Photography: Franz Planer
Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
Production Designer: Rudolph Sternad
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Sieger ohne Herz"
"Шампионът"
"Nyrkkeilysankari"
"Ο πρωταθλητής"
"Ha-Alooff"
"챔피언"
"El triunfador"
"De kampioen"
"O Grande Ídolo"
"Campionul"
"Sampion"
Budget: 600,000 USD
Revenue: 2,500,000 USD (= 417%)
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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Other movies with this title: Champion (SU, 1948), Champion (IN, 2000), Champion (KR, 2002), Champion (IN, 2003), Champion (US, 2005), Champion (US, 2017), Champion (2017), Champion (IN, 2019), Champion (MX, 2020), Champion (FR, 2022)

WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:10639, Added: 02/18/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024