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Director: King Vidor
Cast: Wallace Beery Jackie Cooper Irene Rich Roscoe Ates Marcia Mae Jones Dell Henderson
Genre: Drama Sport
Premiere: 1931
Running time: 86 min
Country: USA

The Champ is a 1931 American pre-Code film starring Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper and directed by King Vidor from a screenplay by Frances Marion, Leonard Praskins and Wanda Tuchock. The picture tells the story of a washed-up alcoholic boxer (Beery) attempting to put his life back together for the sake of his young son (Cooper). Beery won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance (sharing the prize with Fredric March for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), Frances Marion won the Academy Award for Best Story, and the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Director. In February 2020, the film was shown at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, as part of a retrospective dedicated to King Vidor's career.

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The Champ is a movie (1931) from USA. Genre: drama, sport. Directed by King Vidor. Starring Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich, Roscoe Ates and Marcia Mae Jones. Running time: 86 min. Rating: 9.6/10.

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