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Director: Raoul Walsh
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From Time Out Film Guide
Walsh's reputation is as an action director, but he was equally good as a period illustrator (witness the lazily loving The Strawberry Blonde). Here he has the best of both worlds, matching a rich evocation of San Francisco in the 1880s (perhaps a bit heavy on the Irish family brawls) with a vivid account of the pre-Queensberry fight scene, and capping a rumbustious sequence of bouts with a superbly shot version of the gruelling heavyweight championship match between Gentleman Jim Corbett and John L Sullivan in 1892. Lavish, lustrous and none too accurate historically, it's Hollywood at its cavalier best, with a perfectly judged performance from Flynn, brash yet engaging, as the social-climbing Corbett.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: Raoul Walsh
Producer: Robert Buckner
Cast: Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson, Alan Hale, Ward Bond, John Loder, Minor Watson, Arthur Shields full cast
Genre(s): Period/Swashbucklers
Duration: 104 mins
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