Based on the David Belasco stage production of the Max Marcin play in which heavyweight-champion Jack Dempsey played the role of the fighter, Tiger: This "behind-the-scenes look of a heavyweight-championship fight" looks much like all of the other boxing films in which the Champ gets involved in a frame-up and is asked to take a dive..
If you're looking for a boxing movie that doesn't feel like it was made a hundred years ago, you should probably keep walking. 🥊 But if you like seeing how movies used to handle the 'honest fighter vs. the mob' story, *The Big Fight* is a decent enough way to spend an hour. It’s definitely for people who don't mind ...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Walter Lang
Harley Knoles
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"If you're looking for a boxing movie that doesn't feel like it was made a hundred years ago, you should probably keep walking. 🥊 But if you like seeing how movies used to handle the 'honest fighter vs. the mob' story, *The Big Fight* is a decent enough way to spend an hour. It’s definitely for people who don't mind the hiss and pop of early sound films. Most modern viewers will find it way too slow, especially during the parts where people are just standing around talking in rooms that look l..."
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Walter Woods, Max Marcin, Milton Herbert Gropper
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