The Prizefighter and the Lady

An ex-sailor turned boxer finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title.

Cast

Myrna Loy

as Belle Mercer

Max Baer

as Steve Morgan

Primo Carnera

as Carnera

Jack Dempsey

as Promoter

Walter Huston

as Edwin J. Bennett ("The Professor")

Otto Kruger

as Willie Ryan

Vince Barnett

as Bugsie

Robert McWade

as Adopted Son

Muriel Evans

as Linda

Jean Howard

as Show Girl

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