Boxing Noir
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- DirectorMark RobsonStarsKirk DouglasArthur KennedyMarilyn MaxwellBoxer Midge Kelly rises to fame...mainly by stepping on other people.
- DirectorRobert RossenStarsJohn GarfieldLilli PalmerHazel BrooksA talented boxer's young career hits difficult terrain when an unethical promoter takes interest in him.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsRobert RyanAudrey TotterGeorge TobiasExpecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
- DirectorMark RobsonStarsHumphrey BogartRod SteigerJan SterlingAn ex-sportswriter is hired by a shady fight promoter to promote his latest find, an unknown but easily exploitable rising star from Argentina.
- DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsBurt LancasterAva GardnerEdmond O'BrienHit men arrive in a small New Jersey town to kill an unresisting victim, and insurance investigator Reardon uncovers his past involvement with beautiful, deadly Kitty Collins.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsFrank SilveraIrene KaneJamie SmithReady to catch a train to his hometown, a washed-up boxer tells us about the strange and twisty events that happened to him the past couple of days.
- DirectorBusby BerkeleyStarsJohn GarfieldClaude RainsThe Dead End KidsA champion boxer on the lam, believed to have committed murder while drunk, takes refuge and finds redemption at an Arizona farm for delinquent youths.
- DirectorHerbert KlineStarsRichard ConteVanessa BrownLee J. CobbIn Mexico, a young boxer uses his winnings to buy guns to avenge his family's murder.
- DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsJeff ChandlerEvelyn KeyesStephen McNallyAn ambitious coal miner is talked into becoming a boxer by his gambler brother.
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsLaurence HarveyGloria GrahameRichard BasehartIn London, three otherwise law-abiding good men and their unscrupulous leader are about to commit a serious crime, but for different reasons.
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsJohn TravoltaUma ThurmanSamuel L. JacksonThe lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
- DirectorJames FoleyStarsJason PatricRachel WardBruce DernAfter he escapes from a mental hospital, a former boxer works for a widow. When she asks him to get involved in a kidnapping, he has second thoughts.
- DirectorReginald Le BorgStarsBarbara PaytonFrederick ValkJohn SlaterA scheming blonde seduces a fighter and convinces him to murder her husband, a fight manager.
- DirectorBasil DeardenStarsJack WarnerRobert BeattyBill OwenBoxing drama following the lives of five different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers.
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsJohn PayneEvelyn KeyesBrad DexterA former boxer turned cab driver has to hide from the police when his badgering wife is murdered by the jewel thief she was having an affair with.
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsRalph MeekerLeslie CaronKurt KasznarAn about-to-retire New Orleans newspaper columnist tells the story of a most unforgettable character: boxer Socks Barbarossa.
- DirectorSherry ShourdsStarsWayne MorrisLois MaxwellGordon MacRaeA boxer turned minister offers shelter to a tank fighter framed for killing a policeman.
- DirectorJoseph KaneStarsJohn SmithFay SpainSteve BrodieA young prizefighter finds himself being squeezed on all sides to throw a fight.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsStacy KeachJeff BridgesSusan TyrrellTwo men, working as professional boxers, come to blows when their careers each begin to take different directions.
- DirectorMario CamusStarsJulián MateosLuis RomeroCarlos OteroIt is the portrait of the life of an amateur boxer who falls into the hands of a cruel manager while turning into professional.
- DirectorLewis SeilerStarsDane ClarkAlexis SmithZachary ScottA struggling artist becomes a New York City prizefighter in an attempt to win the affection of the ring promoter's night club singing sister.
- DirectorCosta-GavrasStarsCatherine AllégretJacques PerrinSimone SignoretThe witnesses of a train murder must take the investigation into their own hands if they want to survive.
- DirectorsAnatole LitvakJean NegulescoStarsJames CagneyAnn SheridanArthur KennedyDanny is a content truck driver, but his girl Peggy shows potential as a dancer and hopes he too can show ambition. Danny acquiesces and pursues boxing to please her, but the two begin to spend more time working than time together.
- DirectorJean-Pierre MelvilleStarsJean-Paul BelmondoCharles VanelStefania SandrelliBroke French ex-paratrooper turned amateur boxer Michel Maudet becomes bodyguard for the fugitive corrupt banker Ferchaux.
- DirectorIrwin WinklerStarsRobert De NiroJessica LangeCliff GormanThe story about a cheating and incompetent lawyer (Harry Fabian) who suddenly gets obsessed on becoming a boxing promoter.