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The Pittsburgh Kid
The Pittsburgh Kid

The Pittsburgh Kid

Billy Conn, The Pittsburgh Kid Himself...in a story of the boxing world. An action plus story of a Pug and his women.

Genres

ActionDrama

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Unable to sign boxer Joe Louis to movie contract, Republic Pictures had to make do with the losers of Louis' heavyweight championship bouts. One of these was Billy Conn, who after being knocked out by Louis in the 13th round awakened to star in the Republic programmer The Pittsburgh Kid. The story finds clean-limned pugilist Conn (playing himself) being managed by pretty Patricia Mallory.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

76 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

29 August 1941

Country

United States of America

Cast

Billy Conn

Billy Conn

Billy Conn

Jean Parker

Jean Parker

Patricia Mallory

Dick Purcell

Dick Purcell

Cliff Halliday

Alan Baxter

Alan Baxter

Joe Barton

Veda Ann Borg

Veda Ann Borg

Barbara Ellison

Jonathan Hale

Jonathan Hale

Max Ellison

Ernest Whitman

Ernest Whitman

Feets Johnson

John Kelly

John Kelly

Knockout Riley

Etta McDaniel

Etta McDaniel

Magenta

Dick Elliott

Dick Elliott

Garvey

John Harmon

John Harmon

Morrie

Robert Barron

Robert Barron

Devlin

Henry Armstrong

Henry Armstrong

Sparring Partner

Sam Balter

Sam Balter

Radio announcer (voice)

Arthur Donovan

Arthur Donovan

Referee

Jack Roper

Jack Roper

The Champ

Freddie Steele

Freddie Steele

Freddie Steel

Dan Tobey

Dan Tobey

Fight Announcer

Edmund Cobb

Edmund Cobb

(uncredited)

Donald Douglas

Donald Douglas

(uncredited)

William Forrest

William Forrest

(uncredited)

Harrison Greene

Harrison Greene

(uncredited)

Kit Guard

Kit Guard

(uncredited)

Russell Hicks

Russell Hicks

(uncredited)

Nora Lane

Nora Lane

(uncredited)

Charles Sullivan

Charles Sullivan

(uncredited)

William Telaak

William Telaak

(uncredited)

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