The Joe Louis Story (1953)
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- 88 mins
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The Joe Louis Story
Coley Wallace plays the title role in The Joe Louis Story. Told in flashback, the film recounts the pugilistic career of "the Brown Bomber" from the early 1930s to his misguided comeback attempt opposite Rocky Marciano in 1951. The film's high point is Louis' defeat of Germany's Max Schmeling; its low point (dramatically, not quality-wise) is the breakup of Louis's marriage. Evidently for legal reasons, most of the character names in the film are fictional. Many of the fight scenes are culled from footage of the real Louis in action. Though the "race" angle in The Joe Louis Story is downplayed, Louis is treated on an equal par with the white characters, which resulted in the film being banned in certain Southern regions back in 1953. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of The Joe Louis Story:
Coley Wallace also in Raging Bull
James Edwards also in Pork Chop Hill , Anna Lucasta , Battle Hymn , The Set-Up , The Manchurian Candidate
John Marley also in The Car , Love Story , The Greatest , Framed , On the Edge
Dotts Johnson also in No Way Out , The Grissom Gang
Evelyn Ellis also in The Lady from Shanghai
John Marriott also in The Little Foxes , Dog Day Afternoon
Isaac Jones also in Anna Lucasta
Royal Beal also in Boomerang! , Anatomy of a Murder
Anita Ellis also in Three Little Words
The Joe Louis Story Trivia
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