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Films with theme "Le boxe anglaise", sorted by revenue

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Fat City
Fat City (1972)
, 1h40
Directed by John Huston
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges, Susan Tyrrell, Candy Clark, Nicholas Colasanto, Al Silvani

Billy Tully (Keach), a boxer past his prime, goes to a Stockton, California gym to get back into shape and spars with Ernie Munger (Bridges), an eighteen-year-old he meets there. Seeing potential in the youngster, Tully suggests that Munger look up his former manager and trainer, Ruben (Nicholas Colasanto). Tully later tells combative barfly Oma (Tyrrell) and her easygoing boyfriend Earl (Curtis Cokes) how impressed he is with the kid. Newly inspired, Tully decides to get back into boxing himself.
Edith and Marcel
Edith and Marcel (1983)
, 2h42
Directed by Claude Lelouch, Alain Maline
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Sports films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Évelyne Bouix, Jacques Villeret, Francis Huster, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean Bouise, Charles Gérard

In 1947, the singer Édith Piaf and the boxer Marcel Cerdan are both at the peak of their respective careers. Their encounter gives birth to a passionate love affair lasting some two years, cut short by Cerdan's death in an air crash.
Tough Enough
Tough Enough (1983)
, 1h46
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise, Children's films
Actors Dennis Quaid, Stan Shaw, Pam Grier, Warren Oates, Bruce McGill, Wilford Brimley

Un pays / chanteur ouest en herbe, dont l'argent est de disparaître plus vite que ses possibilités de carrière, entre dans un "dur Man" concours de boxe amateur pour gagner un peu d'argent pour payer ses factures. Chose étonnante, il gagne, et est choisi pour aller sur les finales nationales. Il est déchiré entre son premier amour, la musique, et les paillettes, le glamour et l'argent du monde "Tough Man".
Kid Galahad
Kid Galahad (1937)
, 1h42
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Wayne Morris, Jane Bryan, Harry Carey

In Florida, boxing promoter Nick Donati (Edward G. Robinson) gets doublecrossed by his boxer, who throws a fight for a $25,000 bribe from gangster Turkey Morgan (Humphrey Bogart). Nick and his girlfriend "Fluff" (Bette Davis) decide to throw a wild, days-long party with the money they have left, before looking for a new boxing prospect. Nick orders naive young farmer turned hotel bellhop Ward Guisenberry (Wayne Morris) to mix some drinks, but he does not know how, as he does not drink. Fluff kindly helps him out. When Morgan, underling Buzz Barret (Ben Welden), and Chuck McGraw (William Haade), his fighter and new heavyweight champion, arrive uninvited, Ward does not like it when the somewhat drunk McGraw pushes Fluff, so he punches him, knocking him to the ground. Nick is impressed, and persuades him to try boxing.
Gentleman Jim
Gentleman Jim (1942)
, 1h44
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Adventure
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson, Alan Hale, John Loder, Ward Bond

In 1890s San Francisco, boxing is illegal. James J. Corbett (Errol Flynn), a brash young bank teller, attends a match with his friend Walter Lowrie (Jack Carson). When a police raid nets Judge Geary, a member of the board of directors of Corbett's bank, Corbett's fast talking gets his superior out of trouble. The judge is looking to improve the image of boxing by recruiting men from more respectable backgrounds and having them fight under the Marquess of Queensberry rules. He has even imported British coach Harry Watson (Rhys Williams) to evaluate prospects. Watson finds that Corbett, raised in a combative Irish immigrant family headed by Pat Corbett (Alan Hale), has excellent fighting skills; Geary likes his protégé's seemingly-polished manner.
Kid Galahad
Kid Galahad (1962)
, 1h35
Directed by John Flynn, Phil Karlson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Musical films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Elvis Presley, Lola Albright, Gig Young, Joan Blackman, Charles Bronson, Robert Emhardt

Willy Grogan is a small-time boxing promoter based in the Catskills resort region of Cream Valley, New York. He owns the Grogan's Gaelic Gardens inn. He is a contemptible man and is in debt and pays little attention to the woman who loves him, Dolly, a chain-smoking, love-starved woman residing at the camp. Into their midst comes Walter Gulick, a young man recently discharged from the Army who loves the peaceful setting almost as much as he loves working on old cars. Walter's simple goal is to go into business as a mechanic at a nearby garage.
The Great White Hope
The Great White Hope (1970)
, 1h43
Directed by Martin Ritt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Sports films, Théâtre, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Films based on plays, Le boxe anglaise, Children's films
Actors James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Chester Morris, Hal Holbrook, Moses Gunn, R.G. Armstrong

Set between 1910 and 1915, the story follows Jack Jefferson (James Earl Jones; patterned after real-life boxer Jack Johnson) going on a hot streak of victories in the boxing ring as he defeats every white boxer around. Soon the press and racists announce the search for a "great white hope", a boxer who will defeat Jefferson for the heavyweight title. Meanwhile, Jefferson prepares for a few more matches, but he lets his guard down by courting the beautiful (and very white) Eleanor Bachman (Jane Alexander), and when everyone, including Jack's black "wife", discover this, the tensions grow to fever pitch. Jack's close black friends become scared over his pushing the envelope of success and the white authorities conspire to frame him with unlawful sexual relations with Eleanor and thereby take away his title. It leads to jealousy, a run from the law, and finally, disaster.
Schizo
Schizo (2004)
, 1h26
Origin Kazakhstan
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Sports films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Viktor Soukhoroukov

Tagline: In fights without rules, there is no rule that says: "Until first blood!"
Virgil
Virgil (2005)
, 1h33
Directed by Mabrouk el Mechri
Origin France
Genres Comedy-drama
Themes Sports films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Jalil Lespert, Léa Drucker, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Philippe Nahon, Tomer Sisley, Karim Belkhadra

Every week, Virgil dreams of his father Ernest telling him about his earlier life as a boxer.
Poor Boy's Game
Poor Boy's Game (2007)
, 1h44
Directed by Clément Virgo
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Sports films, Transgender in film, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise, LGBT-related film
Actors Danny Glover, Rossif Sutherland, Flex Alexander, Greg Bryk, Laura Regan, K.C. Collins

Donnie Rose fut emprisonné pour avoir battu un jeune homme noir, demeuré handicapé pour le reste de sa vie. Neuf ans plus tard, Donnie s'est assagi et, maintenant libéré, il doit retourner dans le milieu violent qui l'a créé.
La Yuma
La Yuma (2009)
, 1h30
Origin France
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Sports films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Juan Carlos García

Managua, aujourd’hui. Yuma veut être boxeuse. Dans son quartier pauvre, les gangs luttent pour le contrôle de la rue. Chez elle, le manque d’amour dicte sa loi. Le ring, l’énergie, l’agilité des pieds et des mains, sont ses rêves et sa seule option. Une rue, un vol, Yuma rencontre Ernesto, étudiant en journalisme, un garçon qui vient de l’autre côté de la ville. Ils sont différents, mais ils vont tomber amoureux, attirés l’un par l’autre comme deux pôles opposés. Cependant, les inégalités qui les séparent les transforment rapidement en adversaires. Mais dans un Nicaragua divisé en classes sociales violemment contrastées qui n’excluent pas pour autant l’amitié et la solidarité, Yuma trouvera sa route
The Art of Self Defense
The Art of Self Defense (1941)
, 8minutes
Directed by Jack Kinney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Films about dogs, Le boxe anglaise, Children's films
Actors John McLeish

After a brief history on the many different forms of manly arts through the years, Goofy demonstrates the different methods of boxing, as well as punching the bag and shadow boxing - literally - until finally he feels ready for the boxing ring.
Le Roman de Carpentier
Le Roman de Carpentier (1913)

Themes Sports films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Harry Baur, Berthe Bovy

Histoire romancée de la carrière de Georges Carpentier, boxeur adulé, très populaire, âgé de 19 ans.