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Flesh and Fury is a american film of genre Drama directed by Joseph Pevney released in USA on 26 june 1952 with Tony Curtis
Flesh and Fury (1952)
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Add to a movie listFlesh and Fury is a 1952 feature film starring Tony Curtis as a boxer.
Synopsis
Boxing fan Sonya Bartow and manager Pop Richardson are both impressed the first time they see amateur Paul Callan win a fight. They are more amazed, and Sonya somewhat appalled, when they discover later that Paul is deaf.Actors
Tony Curtis
(Paul Callan)
Jan Sterling
(Sonya Bartow)
Mona Freeman
(Ann Hollis)
Wallace Ford
(Jack 'Pop' Richardson)
Connie Gilchrist
(Mrs. Richardson)
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