Gentleman Jim (1942) (original) (raw)
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Original title
Gentleman Jim
Year
1942
Running time
104 min.
Country
United States
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Genre
Drama. Comedy | Sports. Boxing. Biography. 19th Century
Synopsis
Because boxing is a considered an illegal and disreputable enterprise in 1880's San Francisco, wealthy and influential members of the prestigious Olympic Club vow to make the sport a "gentlemanly" one. They sponsor a brash, extroverted young bank clerk named Jim Corbett, who quickly becomes an accomplished fighter under the new Marquis of Queensbury Rules. Despite his success, the young Irish-American's social pretensions and boastful manner soon estrange him from his benefactors, who plot to give their conceited former protege a well-deserved comeuppance. Despite this, his dazzlingly innovative footwork helps him to beat a succession of bigger and stronger men, and he finally finds himself fighting for the world's championship against his childhood idol, John L. Sullivan.
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Critics' reviews
- "There's much that's fiction in Gentleman Jim, also much redundancy, yet Warner Bros, has managed to turn out a good boxofflce film based on the life of James J. Corbett."
- "One of the best sports biopics ever. Historically inaccurate, but a directorial field day for director Raoul Walsh, who excelled at action direction and also period nostalgia."
- "Despite claiming to be based on its inspiration's autobiography, the movie is somewhat fictionalised (although the actual fights were re-created with some care), and pacily directed by action maestro Raoul Walsh."
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