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14/11/1942 Drama, Comedy 1h 44m
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The grandest story of the Naughty "Nineties" becomes the gayest picture of the Fighting "Forties!"

Overview

As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the boxing world.

  1. Raoul Walsh

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Errol Flynn

    James J. Corbett

  2. Alexis Smith

    Victoria Ware

  3. Jack Carson

    Walter Lawrie

  4. Alan Hale

    Pat Corbett

  5. John Loder

    Carlton De Witt

  6. William Frawley

    Billy Delaney

  7. Minor Watson

    Buck Ware

  8. Ward Bond

    John L. Sullivan

  9. Madeleine Lebeau

    Anna Held

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2020-04-23
If I get lost, I'll send up a rocket.

Loosely based on the James J Corbett biography "The Roar Of The Crowd", Gentleman Jim is a wonderfully breezy picture that perfectly encapsulates not only the rise of the pugilistic prancer that was Corbett, but also the wind of change as regards the sport of boxing circa the 1890s.

It was like trying to hit a ghost!

The story follows Corbett (a perfectly cast Errol Flynn) from his humble beginnings as a bank teller in San Fransico, through to a chance fight with an ex boxing champion that eventually leads to him fighting the fearsome heavyweight...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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