The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933)
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- Passed
- 1h 42min
- Comedy, Crime
- 10 Nov 1933 (USA)
- Movie
- Nominated for 1 Oscar.
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Cast verified as complete
Myrna Loy | ... |
Belle
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Max Baer | ... |
Steve
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Primo Carnera | ... |
Carnera
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Jack Dempsey | ... |
Promoter
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Walter Huston | ... |
Professor
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Otto Kruger | ... |
Willie Ryan
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Vince Barnett | ... |
Bugsie
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Robert McWade | ... |
Adopted Son
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Muriel Evans | ... |
Linda
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Jean Howard | ... |
Showgirl
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Dorothy Appleby | ... |
Woman in Bar (uncredited)
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Zita Baca | ... |
Dancer (uncredited)
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Brooks Benedict | ... |
Reporter at Training Camp (uncredited)
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Leila Bennett | ... |
Stool-Pigeon Maid (uncredited)
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Harry C. Bradley | ... |
Bar Patron #4 (uncredited)
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Don Brodie | ... |
Reporter (uncredited)
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Billy Coe | ... |
Billy Cow - Timekeeper for Big Fight (uncredited)
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Cora Sue Collins | ... |
Farmer's Daughter (uncredited)
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Bill Duffy | ... |
Bill Duffy - Carnera's Manager (uncredited)
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Edward Earle | ... |
Ryan's Associate (uncredited)
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Jay Eaton | ... |
Bar Patron #1 (uncredited)
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Jackie Fields | ... |
Self - Ex-Welterweight Champion (uncredited)
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Kit Guard | ... |
Man in Steve's Dressing Room (uncredited)
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Al Hill | ... |
Sid Munsie (uncredited)
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Tenen Holtz | ... |
Maitre d' (uncredited)
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Arthur Hoyt | ... |
Ringside Fan (uncredited)
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James J. Jeffries | ... |
Self - Ex-Heavyweight Champion (uncredited)
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John Kelly | ... |
Bar Patron #5 (uncredited)
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Donald Kerr | ... |
Reporter (uncredited)
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Ed Lewis | ... |
Self - Ex-Wrestling Champion 'Strangler Lewis' (uncredited)
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Miriam Marlin | ... |
Chorine (uncredited)
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Larry McGrath | ... |
Referee (uncredited)
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Matt McHugh | ... |
Professor's Drinking Buddy (uncredited)
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Frank Moran | ... |
Self - Heavyweight Boxer (uncredited)
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Dennis O'Keefe | ... |
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Garry Owen | ... |
Jake - Fight Promoter (uncredited)
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Billy Papke | ... |
Self - Middleweight Champion (uncredited)
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Jack Pennick | ... |
Bar Patron #6 (uncredited)
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Joe Rivers | ... |
Self - Lightweight Boxer (uncredited)
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Ronald R. Rondell | ... |
Ringsider (uncredited)
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Matty Roubert | ... |
Newsboy (uncredited)
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José Santa | ... |
Self - Heavyweight Boxer (uncredited)
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Nicholas Schenck | ... |
Prizefight Spectator (uncredited)
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Buster Slaven | ... |
Farmer's Son (uncredited)
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Larry Steers | ... |
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Carl Stockdale | ... |
Bar Patron #3 (uncredited)
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Dan Tobey | ... |
Self - Ring Announcer for the Big Fight (uncredited)
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Morgan Wallace | ... |
Mr. Black - Fight Promoter (uncredited)
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Jay Whidden | ... |
Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
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Jess Willard | ... |
Self - Ex-Heavyweight Champion (uncredited)
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Harry Wilson | ... |
Training Camp Observer (uncredited)
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Harry Woods | ... |
George Lyons (uncredited)
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Directed by
W.S. Van Dyke | ||
Howard Hawks | ... | (uncredited) |
Written by
John Lee Mahin | ... | (screen play) and |
John Meehan | ... | (screen play) |
Frances Marion | ... | (from the story by) |
Produced by
Hunt Stromberg | ... | associate producer |
W.S. Van Dyke | ... | producer |
Cinematography by
Lester White | ... | (photographed by) |
Editing by
Robert Kern | ... | film editor (as Robert J. Kern) |
Casting By
Ben Piazza | ... | (uncredited) |
Art Direction by
Fredric Hope | ||
David Townsend |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Earl Haley | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Edwin B. Willis | ... | interior decorator |
Sound Department
Douglas Shearer | ... | recording director |
Stunts
Harvey Parry | ... | stunt coordinator (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dolly Tree | ... | wardrobe |
Music Department
Paul Marquardt | ... | music arranger (uncredited) |
Frank Skinner | ... | music arranger (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Seymour Felix | ... | vaudeville sketch by |
Production Companies
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (presents) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated) (A W.S. Van Dyke Production)
Distributors
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1933) (United States) (theatrical) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated)
- Regal Films (1933) (Canada) (theatrical) (as Regal Films, Ltd.)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1934) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1934) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Film AB Le Mat-Metro-Goldwyn (1934) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1934) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1934) (Austria) (theatrical)
- Warner Home Video (2011) (United States) (DVD) (dvdr)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association of America (acknowledgement)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Steve is just a heavy duty bartender when Edwin J. Bennett, known as the Professor, starts training him for the ring. While doing road work, he is almost killed by a speeding car which crashes into a ditch. In the car is Belle Mercer and her driver. Steve takes Belle to a farmhouse and is smitten by her, but she is Willie Ryan's girl. The fight is a breeze and later, Steve again meets Belle with Willie. That night, Steve and Belle disappear and return married, much to Ryan's disappointment. Then Steve starts training in earnest and is 19 for 19 in the ring. However, he has an eye for the women and an expanding ego to match.
Written by Tony Fontana |
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Taglines | Girls! There's a new passion in your life! See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $682,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | According to an article in Daily Variety in March 1934, the movie was banned by the Nazi government of Germany because Max Baer was Jewish. When asked about it, Baer joked, "They didn't ban me because I was Jewish. They banned me because I knocked out Max Schmeling in the ring." See more » |
Goofs | Steve buttons up his sweater, straightens the bottom and puts his hands in his pockets in one shot with the Professor. In the next shot, when he's facing Belle, he buttons the bottom buttons again (before putting his hands in his pockets again). See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Sports on the Silver Screen (1997). See more » |
Soundtracks | Lucky Fella See more » |
Quotes |
[Sitting at a nightclub table, Steve Morgan notices gangster Willie Ryan's elderly, sour-faced bodyguard]
Steve: I didn't meet you, did I? Willie Ryan: That's my "adopted son." Steve: Rather big for his age, isn't he? Willie Ryan: [ominously] Yeah, he follows me around, keeps the flies off me. He's got a good aim with a..."flyswatter." See more » |