Golden Gloves (1940 film)

1940 film

Golden Gloves

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Directed by| Edward Dmytryk
Felix E. Feist
Written by| Joe Ansen
Lewis R. Foster
Maxwell Shane
Produced by| Carl Krueger
William LeBaron
Starring| Richard Denning
Cinematography| Henry Sharp
Edited by| Doane Harrison
Distributed by| Paramount Pictures

Release date

* August 2, 1940 (1940-08-02)

Running time

| 66 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Golden Gloves is a 1940 American crime film directed by Edward Dmytryk.[1]

## Plot

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During an amateur boxing prizefight a young boy, Joey Parker, is beaten to death, and there is no acceptable official reason for why it happened. Because of this his sister, Mary Parker, becomes a strong opponent of boxing and all it stands for.

A newspaper refuses to print the truth of what lies behind the Parker boy's tragic death, so sportswriter Wally Matson resigns in protest. The truth is that Parker was only one of many boys unscrupulously used by a boxing promoter, Joe Taggerty, who has paid off Wally's editor at the newspaper for his silence.

Wally vows to clean up the amateur boxing scene by exposing the corruption. He lands a job at a small newspaper and persuades the publisher to sponsor a legitimate tournament.

Wally personally invites amateur Billy Crane to participate in the tournament's opening match. Billy is in love with Parker's sister Mary, so out of consideration for her, he declines. To get Billy to fight, Wally needs to win over Mary, so he takes her out for dinner. He tells her about his tough childhood and how boxing gave hope to friends as a way of securing their futures. Billy gets her permission to enter the tournament.

Taggerty is not happy, believing this new tournament started by Wally will ultimately put him out of business. Taggerty lies by telling Billy that Wally only is after his beloved Mary, and that the two of them already have been on a date. Billy is devastated.

Taggerty goes even further to sabotage the tournament. He pays a professional boxer, Cliff Stanton, to enter it posing as an amateur. Taggerty's plan is spoiled when Billy is set to fight against Stanton. Inspired by Mary's vow of everlasting love for him, he beats Stanton fair and square in the fight. Taggerty's deceit is exposed, and the Golden Gloves amateur tournament wins national acclaim.[2]

## Cast

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* Richard Denning as Bill Crane
* Jeanne Cagney as Mary Parker
* J. Carrol Naish as Joe Taggerty
* Robert Paige as Wally Matson
* William Frawley as Emory Balzar
* Edward Brophy as Potsy Brill
* Robert Ryan as Pete Wells
* George Ernest as Joey Parker
* David Durand as Gumdrop Wilbur
* James Seay as Jimmy
* Sidney Miller as Sammy Sachs
* Alec Craig as Editor MacDonald

## See also

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* List of boxing films

## References

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1. ^ Hal Erickson (2012). "Golden Gloves". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
2. ^ "Golden Gloves". TCM. Retrieved April 16, 2013.

## External links

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* Golden Gloves at IMDb

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Films directed by Edward Dmytryk

* The Hawk (1935)
* Television Spy (1939)
* Emergency Squad (1940)
* Golden Gloves (1940)
* Mystery Sea Raider (1940)
* Her First Romance (1940)
* The Devil Commands (1941)
* Under Age (1941)
* Sweetheart of the Campus (1941)
* The Blonde from Singapore (1941)
* Secrets of the Lone Wolf (1941)
* Confessions of Boston Blackie (1941)
* Counter-Espionage (1942)
* Seven Miles from Alcatraz (1942)
* Hitler's Children (1943)
* The Falcon Strikes Back (1943)
* Captive Wild Woman (1943)
* Behind the Rising Sun (1943)
* Tender Comrade (1943)
* Murder, My Sweet (1944)
* Back to Bataan (1945)
* Cornered (1945)
* Till the End of Time (1946)
* So Well Remembered (1947)
* Crossfire (1947)
* Obsession (1949)
* Give Us This Day (1949)
* Mutiny (1952)
* The Sniper (1952)
* Eight Iron Men (1952)
* The Juggler (1953)
* The Caine Mutiny (1954)
* Broken Lance (1954)
* The End of the Affair (1954)
* Soldier of Fortune (1955)
* The Left Hand of God (1955)
* The Mountain (1956)
* Raintree County (1957)
* The Young Lions (1958)
* Warlock (1959)
* The Blue Angel (1959)
* Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
* The Reluctant Saint (1962)
* The Carpetbaggers (1964)
* Where Love Has Gone (1964)
* Mirage (1965)
* Alvarez Kelly (1966)
* Anzio (1968)
* Shalako (1968)
* Bluebeard (1972)
* He Is My Brother (1975)
* The "Human" Factor (1975)

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Films directed by Felix E. Feist

* Deluge (1933)
* Strikes and Spares (1934)
* Every Sunday (1936)
* Prophet Without Honor (1939)
* Golden Gloves (1940)
* All by Myself (1943)
* You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith (1943)
* Pardon My Rhythm (1944)
* This Is the Life (1944)
* Reckless Age (1944)
* George White's Scandals (1945)
* The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947)
* The Winner's Circle (1948)
* The Threat (1949)
* Guilty of Treason (1950)
* The Golden Gloves Story (1950)
* The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)
* Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951)
* The Basketball Fix (1951)
* The Big Trees (1952)
* This Woman Is Dangerous (1952)
* Battles of Chief Pontiac (1952)
* The Man Behind the Gun (1953)
* Donovan's Brain (1953)
* Pirates of Tripoli (1955)

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