
09 Apr 1949

Champion
An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.

Young William Burroughs comes from wealth but not nobility, so despite his income he is not welcomed when he pursues Lady Elizabeth Galton, and indeed he is not only beaten by her cousin but thrown out by his own father for the disgrace he has caused. He travels to the United States where he becomes a champion prizefighter. Upon his return to England, he finds circumstances quite changed for Lady Galton and he sets out to change her circumstances further.

William Burroughs

Lady Elizabeth

John Burroughs

George Burrooughs

Mrs. Burroughs
David Burroughs

Lord Brockington

Butler

Mooney

09 Apr 1949

An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.

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