Review of World in My Corner

Partly a story about the rise of a poor young boxer(Audie Murphy, as Tommy Shea), from the wrong side of the tracks, who has to decide whether to play straight or follow the dictates of a crime boss(Harry Cram), who wants him to throw an occasional fight. Also, partly, it's the story of an unlikely romance between unsophisticated Tommy and bookish society girl Dorothy(Barbara Rush). Her wealthy father: Robert Mallinson(Jeff Morrow) was a good amateur boxer in his day, and continues to work out in the gym in his house. He lets Dave Bernstein, an honest trainer, work with his clients, of which Tommy is one, in this gym. Harry Cram is the kingpin crime boss promoter. At first, Tommy wants nothing to do with him. But, after he seems to be picking up Dorothy as a girlfriend, he gets greedy, and succumbs to the suggestion of her father that if he wants to advance quickly, he should work with Cram. But Dorothy gets wind of this. She blames her father for corrupting Tommy, and walks out on both. As a result, Tommy changes his mind, and, the night before the fight, tells Cram he wont throw the fight. Cram sends his goons over to beat up Tommy, mostly concentrating on his chest, apparently breaking most of his ribs. Very surprisingly, when Tommy is revived, he says he will go on with the fight. Assuming Tommy's ribs were damaged as bad as said, it was very dangerous, not to mention, very painful, for him to be engaging in a boxing match! Tommy lost the early rounds, but finally knocked out his opponent with a flurry of punches. Since this was a championship fight, Tommy was happy to receive a good purse. Dorothy saw the fight, and was happy Tommy changed his mind about throwing the fight. But, the doc said Tommy's boxing days were over(punctured lung?). Looked like Tommy and Dorothy might make a couple after all. Ray was Tommy's manager through most of this, and had a connection with Cram...... Dani Crayne played the sexy blond at Ray's party, who made a play for Tommy when he arrived: a minimal 'bad' girl role to contrast with Dorothy's 'good' girl characterization. .......In conclusion, this is an unremarkable film, which I believe has a fatal flaw in having Tommy in a boxing match with broken ribs. The pain, alone, would have greatly distracted him, not to mention the distinct possibility of puncturing nearby organs, such as lungs.