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Iron Man

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An ambitious coal miner is talked into becoming a boxer by his gambler brother.

Status: Released

Released Date: 1951-09-20

Runtime: 82 mins

Director: Joseph Pevney

Spoken language: English

Genres: Drama

Original title: Iron Man

Production Companies: Universal International Pictures

Production Countries: United States of America

Cast

Coke Mason

Jeff Chandler

Rose Warren Mason

Evelyn Keyes

George Mason

Stephen McNally

Tommy 'Speed' O'Keefe

Rock Hudson

'Tiny' Ford - Photographer

Joyce Holden

Jim Backus

James Arness

Steve Martin

George Baxter

George Adrian

Al Bain

Ringside Announcer (uncredited)

Sam Balter

Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

Eleanor Bassett

Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)

Brandon Beach

Reviews

Geronimo1967

Now I did struggle with the idea of Jeff Chandler as a red-misted boxing champion, but here he acquits him self adequately enough. He's coal miner "Coke" who dreams of wedding his girl "Rose" (Evelyn Keyes) and buying a radio store. His rather more venal brother "George" (Stephen McNally) runs a pool hall and discovers that when his sibling gets cross, really cross, his fists can do his talking for him. The ring beckons, and success follows - but at a price. "Coke" is a brute. He fights legal, but dirty - and the crowd gradually learn to loathe him. Finally he has had enough and wants to stop, but discovers that his now wife is embroiled in some match-fixing with "George" and he faces quite a dilemma - one epitomised at the denouement with a bout with the equally unlikely pugilist Rock Hudson ("Speed"). It's another of the stories set in an industrial town where opportunities were scant and where boxing was a route out if you were prepared to take and give a beating. This one tries to introduce the concept of a conscience in the lead character and the photography does give some sort of indication as to the brutality in the ring. It's a solid film that has just about enough action and a message to convey about right (hooks) and wrong.

2023-11-26

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