Right Cross (1950)
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Right Cross stars Dick Powell as cynical sportswriter Rick Gavery and Powell's wife June Allyson as boxing manager Pat O'Malley. Subbing for her incapacitated father (Lionel Barrymore), Pat grooms prizefighter Johnny Monterez (Ricardo Montalban) for the championship. Johnny holds a grudge against the world because he feels that his Mexican heritage has made him an outcast, though curiously the audience never sees any prejudice levelled against him. Gradually, Pat falls in love with the tempestuous Monterez, while Gavery, who's always carried a torch for Pat, observes from the sidelines. The film wisely avoids the usual boxing-flick cliches, most commendably during the climactic Big Bout. Marilyn Monroe appears unbilled in the opening scene as Dick Powell's dinner companion. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- June Allyson - Pat O'Malley
- Ricardo Montalban - Johnny Monterez
- Teresa Celli - Marian Monterez
- Tom Powers - Robert Balford
- Marianne Stewart - Audrey
- Wally Maher - Reporter
- Kenneth Tobey - Reporter
- Dewey Robinson - Hanger-On
- James Pierce - Moe
- Tom Hanlon - Sports Announcer
- Edgar Dearing - Ring Announcer
- Smoki Whitfield - Nassau
- King Donovan
- Dick Powell - Rick Gavery
- Lionel Barrymore - Sean O'Malley
- Barry Kelley - Allan Goff
- Mimi Aguglia - Mom Monterez
- John Gallaudet - Phil Tripp
- Larry Keating - Second Reporter
- Bert Davidson - Fourth Reporter
- Frank Ferguson - Dr. George Lamond
- Marilyn Monroe - Dusky Ledoux (uncredited)
- David Fresco - Gump
- Harry Shannon - Haggerty
- David Wolfe - Totem
- Director(s):
- John Sturges
- Writer(s):
- Charles Schnee
- Producer(s):
- Armand Deutsch
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