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Gentleman Jim (1942)
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Gentleman Jim (1942)

Drama, Comedy • 1h 44m

Overview

As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the boxing world.

Director: Raoul Walsh

Cast: Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson, Alan Hale, John Loder, William Frawley, Minor Watson, Ward Bond, Madeleine Lebeau, Monte Blue, Pat Flaherty, Arthur Shields, Dorothy Vaughan, Hooper Atchley, Milton Kibbee, Richard Kipling, Charles Lang, Edwin August, Eric Mayne, Charles Meakin, Count Stefenelli, Clara Blandick, Winifred Harris, Wade Boteler, Walter Byron, Hal Craig, Robert Fiske, Georgia Caine, Mary Gordon, Johnny Calkins, Lon McCallister, Davison Clark, Wallis Clark, Joseph Crehan, Freddie Steele, Dick Wessel, Harry Crocker, Wade Crosby, William B. Davidson, William 'Wee Willie' Davis, Jean Del Val, Joe Devlin, Dudley Dickerson, Peggy Diggins, Joan Winfield, Lester Dorr, Lew Harvey, Victor Zimmerman, James Flavin, Art Foster, Jack Gardner, Frank Hagney, Creighton Hale, Mathew McCue, Bert Hanlon, Carl Harbaugh, Jack Herrick, Herbert Heywood, Si Jenks, Tor Johnson, Fred Kelsey, Joe King, Ed Lewis, George Lloyd, Charles Marsh, John Maxwell, Frank Mayo, Mike Mazurki, Pat McKee, Wilmuth Merkyl, Leo White, Jack Wise, Frank Moran, Pat Moriarity, Wedgwood Nowell, Pat O'Malley, Lee Phelps, Emory Parnell, Jack Roper, Syd Saylor, Edwin Stanley, Sammy Stein, Dan Tobey, Charlotte Treadway, Emmett Vogan, Charles C. Wilson

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Length

104 mins

Type

Movie

Alternative Titles

Gentleman Jim

Last Updated

7 months ago

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