Tennessee Champ (1954)
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Rescuing Daniel Norton (Dewey Martin) from a watery grave, two-bit fight promoter Willy Wurble (Keenan Wynn) senses potential in his new "find". Willy builds Daniel into a boxing champ, a fact that Daniel chalks up to good luck and the good Lord. The boy is in for quite a letdown when the financially-strapped Willy orders him to lose his next bout. Shelley Winters costars as Willy's long-suffering wife Sarah, who'd give anything if her man would turn honest for a just a moment or two. Featured in the cast as Daniel's ongoing pugilistic nemesis is Charles Buchinsky, whom the whole world knows today as Charles Bronson. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Shelley Winters, Keenan Wynn, (more)
- Director(s):
- Fred Wilcox
Synopsis of Tennessee Champ
Rescuing Daniel Norton (Dewey Martin) from a watery grave, two-bit fight promoter Willy Wurble (Keenan Wynn) senses potential in his new "find". Willy builds Daniel into a boxing champ, a fact that Daniel chalks up to good luck and the good Lord. The boy is in for quite a letdown when the financially-strapped Willy orders him to lose his next bout. Shelley Winters costars as Willy's long-suffering wife Sarah, who'd give anything if her man would turn honest for a just a moment or two. Featured in the cast as Daniel's ongoing pugilistic nemesis is Charles Buchinsky, whom the whole world knows today as Charles Bronson. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Tennessee Champ
- Shelley Winters - Sarah Wurble
- Dewey Martin - Daniel Norson
- Dave "Tex" O'Brien - Luke MacWade
- Frank Richards - J.B. Backett
- John Damler - Poker Player
- Charles Bronson - Sixty Jubel
- Paul Hoffman
- Keenan Wynn - Willy Wurble
- Earl Holliman - Happy Jackfield
- Yvette Dugay - Blossom
- Jack Kruschen - Andrews
- William Newell - Ring Announcer
- Bruno Ve Sota
- John Indrisano - Referee
- Director(s):
- Fred Wilcox
- Writer(s):
- Art Cohn
- Producer(s):
- Sol Baer Fielding
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