Champion

E288355
film film noir sports drama film

"Champion" is a 1949 American film noir boxing drama directed by Mark Robson and starring Kirk Douglas as an ambitious but ruthless prizefighter.

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Champion canonical 12

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
sports drama film ⓘ
awardWon Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ
awardWonBy Harry W. Gerstad NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn Champion (short story) ⓘ
basedOnWorkAuthor Ring Lardner ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
cinematographyBy Franz Planer ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Mark Robson ⓘ
distributedBy United Artists ⓘ
distributedIn United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
editedBy Harry W. Gerstad NERFINISHED ⓘ
era Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
filmingProcess 35 mm ⓘ
genre boxing film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
hasTheme betrayal ⓘ
corruption in professional sports ⓘ
moral consequences of ambition ⓘ
mainCharacter Midge Kelly ⓘ
mainCharacterPortrayedBy Kirk Douglas ⓘ
musicBy Dimitri Tiomkin ⓘ
narrativeFocus ambitious but ruthless prizefighter ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Screenplay ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay
nominationRecipient Carl Foreman ⓘ
Kirk Douglas ⓘ
notableFor breakthrough role for Kirk Douglas as a leading man ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Stanley Kramer ⓘ
productionCompany Screen Plays ⓘ
releaseDateUS 1949-04-09 ⓘ
releaseYear 1949 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 99 ⓘ
screenwriter Carl Foreman ⓘ
setIn boxing world ⓘ
soundMix mono ⓘ
starring Arthur Kennedy ⓘ
Kirk Douglas ⓘ
Lola Albright ⓘ
Marilyn Maxwell ⓘ
Paul Stewart ⓘ
Ruth Roman ⓘ

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Mark Robson → notableWork → Champion ⓘ
Mark Robson → directed → Champion ⓘ
Kirk Douglas → notableWork → Champion ⓘ
Arthur Kennedy → notableWork → Champion ⓘ
Til the Casket Drops → hasPart → Champion ⓘ
1950 Academy Awards → bestFilmEditingWinner → Champion ⓘ
Carl Foreman → notableWork → Champion ⓘ
Carl Foreman → screenwriterOf → Champion ⓘ
Harry Gerstad → notableWork → Champion ⓘ
Harry W. Gerstad → notableWork → Champion ⓘ
Harry W. Gerstad → edited → Champion ⓘ
Franz Planer → workedOn → Champion ⓘ