The Crowd Roars (1938) + Killer McCoy (1947) on DVD

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The Crowd Roars (1938)

 Starring Robert Taylor, Edward Arnold, Frank Morgan, Maureen O'Sullivan, William Gargan
Directed by Richard Thorpe

Print: black/white
Runtime: 92 min.
Genre: Drama

Boxer Tommy "Killer" McCoy can duck away from a foe's haymaker punch but one thing he can't dodge is bookies eager to rig matches.
Now, on the night of his biggest fight, Tommy's supposed to take a dive. If he doesn't, a gambler warns, he may never again see his father or the woman he loves alive. Continuing his move into more assertive roles, Robert Taylor laces up the gloves for the fisticuffs and melodrama of a film that, per one of its taglines, "puts the MAN in romance." The cast is one any male in Hollywood would be glad to have in his corner: Frank Morgan, Edward Arnold, Jane Wyman, Lionel Stander and Maureen O'Sullivan, who teamed with Taylor just months before in A Yank at Oxford.



Killer McCoy (1947)

Starring Mickey Rooney, Brian Donlevy, Ann Blyth, James Dunn, Tom Tully
Directed by Roy Rowland

Print: Black & White
Runtime: 104 min.
Genre: Drama

For years Mickey Rooney had portrayed Hollywood's all-American teen, but at the age of 27 he was eager to move into grown-up dramatic roles. So he laced up the gloves as feisty boxer Tommy McCoy and scored a resounding box-office K.O. in the hard-hitting Killer McCoy.

The story - a retelling of 1938's The Crowd Roars - traces McCoy's rise from slum kid to lightweight title contender. Along the way, he falls under the sway of a big-time gambler (Brian Donlevy), copes with his boozed-up pop (James Dunn) and finds forbidden romance with the gambler's daughter (Ann Blyth). But will he take a dive in the big fight? Don't expect Killer to be some everyday palooka.