Although the "War-Hero" Always Gave His All in a Career Where He Took On 50 Roles, Mostly in Westerns, and Some TV..."Whispering Smith" (1961),
"Murph" Never Received Credit from the Critics that He Deserved. He Did Have a Huge Fan-Base and His Movies Always Made Money, He was Mostly Ignored and Dismissed as a B-Movie "Pedestrian" Doing Hack-Work.
This is just Not True. His Westerns, Yes Most were Low-Budget, Always seemed to Have an Edge, and Something Not Usually Found in the Routine Oaters so Popular in the 1950's.
Here He Plays a "Boxer" (quite effectively) who Seeks the Middle-Weight Title, Getting Involved with "Crooked" Promoters and then "Seeing the Light", Decides to Fight the Title Match On His Own Terms.
Barbara Rush is the Love Interest, the Rebellious Daughter of a Tycoon, that Also "Sees the Light" Concerning Murph and the Rather Routine Story, with some Bite, is Driven Home by Her and Jeff Morrow, as the Father.
The Ring Footage is Outstanding and You Won't Find Much Better and Should Satisfy Boxing Fans.
It's an Above-Average "B" from the Mid-50's and a Treat to See Audie Murphy in More than just a Western, where He Excels, and this Gangster-Boxing Movie is Another "Win" for the Champion Soldier.
For Pugilist Fans a Must See...
For All Others, it's...
Worth a Watch.
"Murph" Never Received Credit from the Critics that He Deserved. He Did Have a Huge Fan-Base and His Movies Always Made Money, He was Mostly Ignored and Dismissed as a B-Movie "Pedestrian" Doing Hack-Work.
This is just Not True. His Westerns, Yes Most were Low-Budget, Always seemed to Have an Edge, and Something Not Usually Found in the Routine Oaters so Popular in the 1950's.
Here He Plays a "Boxer" (quite effectively) who Seeks the Middle-Weight Title, Getting Involved with "Crooked" Promoters and then "Seeing the Light", Decides to Fight the Title Match On His Own Terms.
Barbara Rush is the Love Interest, the Rebellious Daughter of a Tycoon, that Also "Sees the Light" Concerning Murph and the Rather Routine Story, with some Bite, is Driven Home by Her and Jeff Morrow, as the Father.
The Ring Footage is Outstanding and You Won't Find Much Better and Should Satisfy Boxing Fans.
It's an Above-Average "B" from the Mid-50's and a Treat to See Audie Murphy in More than just a Western, where He Excels, and this Gangster-Boxing Movie is Another "Win" for the Champion Soldier.
For Pugilist Fans a Must See...
For All Others, it's...
Worth a Watch.