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Knockout
Knockout

Knockout

From Champ to Chump!

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RomanceDrama

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Johnny Rocket (Arthur Kennedy) needs to fight one more match to have enough money to get married to Angela (Olympe Bradna) and start on his dream to run and then own a gym. However, his manager makes sure that this does not happen and eventually Johnny embraces being a fighter, but Angela becomes increasingly unhappy.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

73 mins

Rating

5/10

Release Date

29 March 1941

Country

United States of America

Cast

Arthur Kennedy

Arthur Kennedy

Johnny Rocket

Anthony Quinn

Anthony Quinn

Harry Trego

Olympe Bradna

Olympe Bradna

Angela Grinnelli

Virginia Field

Virginia Field

Gloria Van Ness

Cliff Edwards

Cliff Edwards

Sleepy

Cornel Wilde

Cornel Wilde

Tommy Rossi

Frank Wilcox

Frank Wilcox

Denning

Richard Ainley

Richard Ainley

George Allison

William Edmunds

William Edmunds

Louis Grinnelli

John Ridgely

John Ridgely

Pat Martin

Ben Welden

Ben Welden

Pelky

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