10 May 1944
The Contender
A truck driver turns to prizefighting with hopes of earning enough cash to send his son to military school. 1944.
The Kid Comes Back
TWO PALS BATTLE FOR THE HEAVYWEIGHT CROWN!
A ring veteran turns a Texas tenderfoot into a winning fighter.
Top Billed Cast
Wayne Morris Rush Conway
Barton MacLane Gunner Malone
June Travis Mary Malone
Maxie Rosenbloom Stan Wilson
Archie Robbins Kenneth "Rocky" Rockwell (as James Robbins)
Dickie Jones Bobby Doyle
Joseph Crehan Danny Lockridge
Ward Bond Spike
Herbert Rawlinson Mr. D. Redman
Frank Otto Joey Meade
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