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30/06/2022 History, Drama 1h 46m
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The birth of boxing.

Overview

At the turn of the 19th century, Pugilism was the sport of kings and a gifted young boxer fought his way to becoming champion of England.

  1. Daniel Graham

    Director

  2. Matt Hookings

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Matt Hookings

    Jem Belcher

  2. Ray Winstone

    Bill Warr

  3. Jodhi May

    Mary Belcher

  4. Marton Csokas

    Lord Rushworth

  5. Russell Crowe

    Jack Slack

  6. Steven Berkoff

    Walter

  7. Julian Glover

    Lord Ashford

  8. Lucy Martin

    Gilly Belcher

  9. Stanley Morgan

    Tom Belcher

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-08-16
Matt Hookings isn't very convincing here in this rather sketchy biopic of British boxer Jeb Belcher. On the plus side, it conveys really well the gritty side of life in Victorian Britain where the genteel, ostensibly refined, upper class routinely used the travails of the working class as a source of entertainment. This young lad finds himself trained in the school of hard knocks by Russell Crowe's "Slack" whilst being fairly shamelessly manipulated by the clever "Lord Rushworth" (an overly hammy Marton Csokas). The narrative tries quite hard to offer us a plausible series of scenarios as the ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$8,000,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

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