"If you're a fighter, you gotta fight."
Another fight movie? Yes, it's very good, a Film-Noir classic...
An aging boxer at the end of his carrier wants to go out a winner. But, you know the game, some others in control have different ideas. No hand shakes at the end of this one. Robert Ryan (1) plays 'Stoker', the heavy handed ring veteran. And 'Tiny' his manager is portrayed by George Tobias (2). This week's recommended beer-n-brats devouring movie is The Set Up (1949)... All this inspiration from a James Chapin painting...
"You won tonight. We both won tonight."
(1) North West Mounted Police, 1940
(2) Sergeant York, Week 66
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