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The Pittsburgh Kid

Action

0.0

Release Date

August 29, 1941

Duration

76 min

Status

Released

Language

en

Overview

Unable to sign boxer Joe Louis to movie contract, Republic Pictures had to make do with the losers of Louis' heavyweight championship bouts. One of these was Billy Conn, who after being knocked out by Louis in the 13th round awakened to star in the Republic programmer The Pittsburgh Kid. The story finds clean-limned pugilist Conn (playing himself) being managed by pretty Patricia Mallory.

Casts

Billy Conn

Billy Conn

Billy Conn

Jean Parker

Patricia Mallory

Jean Parker

Dick Purcell

Cliff Halliday

Dick Purcell

Alan Baxter

Joe Barton

Alan Baxter

Veda Ann Borg

Barbara Ellison

Veda Ann Borg

Jonathan Hale

Max Ellison

Jonathan Hale

Ernest Whitman

Feets Johnson

Ernest Whitman

John Kelly

Knockout Riley

John Kelly

Etta McDaniel

Magenta

Etta McDaniel

Dick Elliott

Garvey

Dick Elliott

John Harmon

Morrie

John Harmon

Robert Barron

Devlin

Robert Barron

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