17 Sep

Jack London’s THE FIGHTER (1952) Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb

 

Stars: Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb, Vanessa Brown
Writer: Jack London (Story, “The Mexican”)
Director: Herbert Kline

After the Federales murder his family, a young man becomes a boxer to buy rifles for the Mexican Revolution. The protagonist is based on real-life boxer Jose Ybarra, aka “Mexican Joe Rivers.”

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