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The Champ is a american film of genre Drama directed by Franco Zeffirelli released in USA on 10 july 1979 with Jon Voight

The Champ (1979)

The Champ
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Released in USA 10 july 1979
Length 2h3
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Rating68% 3.401083.401083.401083.401083.40108

The Champ is a 1979 remake, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, of the 1931 Academy Award-winning film of the same name which was directed by King Vidor. It stars Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, and Ricky Schroder. It is also the final film for actress Joan Blondell to be released during her lifetime. Blondell who died from leukemia on Christmas Day eight months later, also starred in two other films that were released after her death.

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Billy Flynn, an ex-boxing champion, is now a horse trainer in Hialeah, Florida. He makes just enough money to raise his little son T.J., of whom Flynn has full custody of since his wife Annie left him, seven years before the events of the film. T.J. worships "The Champ," who has gambling debts and begins working on a comeback to give his boy a better future. Suddenly Annie shows up again and wants to become a part of T.J.'s life.

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