Right Cross (1950)
- Starring:
- June Allyson, Dick Powell, (more)
- Director(s):
- John Sturges
Synopsis of Right Cross
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, Rovi
Complete Cast of Right Cross
- 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
- Edgar Dearing - Ring Announcer
- David Wolfe - Totem
- Harry Shannon - Haggerty
- James Pierce - Moe
- Frank Ferguson - Dr. George Lamond
- David Fresco - Gump
- 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
- King Donovan
- Smoki Whitfield - Nassau
- Dewey Robinson - Hanger-On
- Tom Hanlon - Sports Announcer
- Marilyn Monroe - Dusky Ledoux (uncredited)
- Director(s):
- John Sturges
- Writer(s):
- Charles Schnee
- Producer(s):
- Armand Deutsch
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