Ringside (1949)
Just before its matriculation into Lippert Pictures, Screen Guild produced the fast-based boxing drama Ringside. Bantam-weight Don Barry stars as Mike, who forsakes a musical career for the boxing ring when his pugilist brother (Tom Brown) is blinded in a bout. Mike intends to confront the fighter (John Cason) who caused his brother's sightlessness, then "legally" kill the man in the ring. He is eventually talked out of this deadly strategy by his brother's girlfriend Janet (Sheila Ryan). The boxing sequences are well-lensed and tightly edited, compensation enough for the corny dialogue preceding them. Had it been made, say, 15 years earlier, Ringside might have been a suitable vehicle for James Cagney. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Tom Brown, Sheila Ryan, (more)
- Director(s):
- Frank McDonald
Synopsis of Ringside
Just before its matriculation into Lippert Pictures, Screen Guild produced the fast-based boxing drama Ringside. Bantam-weight Don Barry stars as Mike, who forsakes a musical career for the boxing ring when his pugilist brother (Tom Brown) is blinded in a bout. Mike intends to confront the fighter (John Cason) who caused his brother's sightlessness, then "legally" kill the man in the ring. He is eventually talked out of this deadly strategy by his brother's girlfriend Janet (Sheila Ryan). The boxing sequences are well-lensed and tightly edited, compensation enough for the corny dialogue preceding them. Had it been made, say, 15 years earlier, Ringside might have been a suitable vehicle for James Cagney. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Ringside
- Tom Brown - Joe
- Margia Dean - Joy
- Lyle Talbot - Radio Announcer
- Edith Angold - Mama Berger
- Harry Brown - Manager
- Chester Clute - Timid Man
- Ned Roberts - Fighter
- Don "Red" Barry - Mike
- Sheila Ryan - Janet
- Joseph Crehan - Oscar
- William Edmunds - Prof. Berger
- John Cason - Tiger Johnson
- Frankie Van - Referee
- Jim Martin - Second
- Joe Adams - Duke
- Dan Tobey - Fight Announcer
- Director(s):
- Frank McDonald
- Writer(s):
- Dan Ullman, Ron Ormond
- Producer(s):
- Ron Ormond
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