7.0
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“The grandest story of the Naughty "Nineties" becomes the gayest picture of the Fighting "Forties!"”
Gentleman Jim (1942)
November 14, 19421h 44mEN
7.1
68 votes
Overview
As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the boxing world.
Director
Raoul WalshWriters
Where to Watch
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
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Production Companies
Warner Bros. Pictures
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User Reviews
John Chard
9.0If I get lost, I'll send up a rocket. Loosely based on the James J Corbett biography "The Roar Of The Crowd", Gentleman Jim is a wonderfully breezy picture that perfectly encapsulates not only the rise of the pugilistic prancer that was Corbett, but also the wind of change as regards the sport of boxing circa the 1890s. It was like trying to hit a ghost! The story follows Corbett (a perfectly cast Errol Flynn) from his humble beginnings as a bank teller in San Fransico, through to a chance fight with an ex boxing champion that eventually leads to him fighting the fearsome heavyweight…
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