The Champ

1h 26m
DramaFamily
7.1

A broken-down alcoholic prizefighter struggles to keep custody of his adoring son.

Cast

Wallace Beery
Andy 'Champ' Purcell
Jackie Cooper
Dink Purcell
Irene Rich
Linda Carleton
Roscoe Ates
Sponge
Edward Brophy
Tim
Hale Hamilton
Tony Carleton
Jesse Scott
Jonah
Marcia Mae Jones
Mary Lou Carleton
Dannie Mac Grant
Boy Taunting Dink (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
Mexican Champ Manuel Quiroga (uncredited)
Dell Henderson
The Doctor (uncredited)
Tom McGuire
Los Angeles Promoter (uncredited)
Bob Perry
Referee (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Louie the Bartender (uncredited)
Andy Shuford
Boy at Racetrack (uncredited)
Dan Tobey
Ring Announcer (uncredited)

Crew

King Vidor
Director, Producer
Frances Marion
Writer, Story
Leonard Praskins
Writer, Dialogue
Hugh Wynn
Editor
Gordon Avil
Director of Photography
Robert A. Golden
Assistant Director
Harry Rapf
Producer
Irving Thalberg
Producer
William Murray Weiss
Producer
Wilbur Bradley
Assistant Camera
Benjamin Thau
Casting
Charles E. Wallace
Sound
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction

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