A news-vendor is forced into fighting a sick friend for the championship..
If you have seventy minutes to spare and love old British melodramas where people shout "Extra! Extra!", The Bermondsey Kid is actually worth a look. Modern action fans will absolutely hate it, but anyone who loves dusty, forgotten cinema will find it charming. 🥊It's basically about a poor newsboy who has to box his o...
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"If you have seventy minutes to spare and love old British melodramas where people shout "Extra! Extra!", The Bermondsey Kid is actually worth a look. Modern action fans will absolutely hate it, but anyone who loves dusty, forgotten cinema will find it charming. 🥊It's basically about a poor newsboy who has to box his own very sick best friend for a championship title. Yes, you read that right.They make the friend look so incredibly ill from the start that you wonder why the referee doesn't just ..."
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Scott Darling, Bill Evans
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