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{{Short description|1954 film by Fred M. Wilcox}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Tennessee Champ
| name = Tennessee Champ

| image_size = 200px
| image = Keenan Wynn in Tennessee Champ trailer.jpg
| image = Keenan Wynn in Tennessee Champ trailer.jpg
| caption = [[Keenan Wynn]] from the trailer
| caption = [[Keenan Wynn]] from the trailer
| director = [[Fred M. Wilcox (director)|Fred M. Wilcox]]
| director = [[Fred M. Wilcox (director)|Fred M. Wilcox]]
| producer = [[Sol Baer Fielding]]
| producer = Sol Baer Fielding
| screenplay = [[Art Cohn]]
| screenplay = [[Art Cohn]]
| based_on = ''The Lord in His Corner'' by Eustace Cockrell
| based_on = ''The Lord in His Corner'' and other stories by Eustace Cockrell
| starring = [[Shelley Winters]]<br>[[Keenan Wynn]]<br>[[Charles Bronson]]
| starring = {{ubl|[[Shelley Winters]]|[[Keenan Wynn]]|[[Dewey Martin (actor)|Dewey Martin]]}}
| music = [[Conrad Salinger]]
| music = [[Conrad Salinger]]
| cinematography = [[George J. Folsey]]
| cinematography = [[George J. Folsey]]
| editing = [[Ben Lewis (film editor)|Ben Lewis]]
| editing = [[Ben Lewis (film editor)|Ben Lewis]]
| distributor = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]
| studio = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]
| distributor = [[Loews Cineplex Entertainment|Loew's, Inc.]]
| released = 1954
| released = February 25, 1954
| runtime = 73 minutes
| runtime = 73 minutes
| country = United States
| country = United States
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| budget = $548,000<ref name="Mannix">{{Citation | title = The Eddie Mannix Ledger | publisher = Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study | place = Los Angeles}}.</ref>
| budget = $548,000<ref name="Mannix">{{Citation | title = The Eddie Mannix Ledger | publisher = Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study | place = Los Angeles}}.</ref>
| gross = $769,000<ref name="Mannix"/>
| gross = $769,000<ref name="Mannix"/>
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'''''Tennessee Champ''''' is a 1954 drama with strong [[Christianity|Christian]] overtones directed by [[Fred M. Wilcox (director)|Fred M. Wilcox]] and starring [[Shelley Winters]], [[Keenan Wynn]], [[Dewey Martin (actor)|Dewey Martin]], and [[Charles Bronson]] (credited as Charles Buchinsky).
'''''Tennessee Champ''''' is a 1954 American [[drama film]] with strong [[Christianity|Christian]] overtones directed by [[Fred M. Wilcox (director)|Fred M. Wilcox]] and starring [[Shelley Winters]], [[Keenan Wynn]], [[Dewey Martin (actor)|Dewey Martin]], and [[Charles Bronson]]


Mounted as a title to fill out double and triple bills (a [[B-movie]]), ''Tennessee Champ'' was one of several films [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] shot in its pet process of [[Ansco Color]], a ruddy-looking process employed on the same year's ''[[Brigadoon (film)|Brigadoon]]''.
Mounted as a title to fill out double and triple bills (a [[B-movie]]), ''Tennessee Champ'' was one of several films [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] shot in its pet process of [[Ansco Color]], a ruddy-looking process employed on the same year's ''[[Brigadoon (film)|Brigadoon]]''.


The film marked a return to Hollywood for star Shelley Winters, who hadn't appeared in a film in almost two years because of her marriage to [[Vittorio Gassman]] (which ended in June 1954) and the birth of their child, Vittoria. The lull came just as she seemed to be on an upswing after roles in ''[[Winchester '73]]'' (1950), ''[[Phone Call from a Stranger]]'' (1952), and her breakthrough tragic performance in ''[[A Place in the Sun (film)|A Place in the Sun]]'' (1951).
The film marked a return to Hollywood for star Shelley Winters, who hadn't appeared in a film in almost two years because of her marriage to [[Vittorio Gassman]] (which ended in June 1954) and the birth of their child, Vittoria. The lull came just as she seemed to be on an upswing after roles in ''[[Winchester '73]]'' (1950), ''[[Phone Call from a Stranger]]'' (1952), and her breakthrough tragic performance in ''[[A Place in the Sun (1951 film)|A Place in the Sun]]'' (1951).


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Keenan Wynn]] as Willy
* [[Keenan Wynn]] as Willy
* [[Dewey Martin (actor)|Dewey Martin]] as Danny
* [[Dewey Martin (actor)|Dewey Martin]] as Danny
* [[Charles Bronson]] as Sixty (billed as Charles Buchinsky)
* [[Yvette Dugay]] as Blossom
* [[Earl Holliman]] as Happy
* [[Earl Holliman]] as Happy
* [[Dave O'Brien (actor)|Dave O'Brien]] as Luke MacWade
* [[Charles Bronson]] as Sixty
* [[Yvette Dugay]] as Blossom
* [[Frank Richards (actor)|Frank Richards]] as J.B. Backett
* [[Jack Kruschen]] as Andrews


==Reception==
==Reception==
According to MGM records the film earned $555,000 in the US and Canada and $214,000 elsewhere, making a loss to the studio of $189,000.<ref name="Mannix"/>
According to MGM records the film earned $555,000 in the US and Canada and $214,000 elsewhere, making a loss to the studio of $189,000.<ref name="Mannix"/>

==See also==
* [[List of boxing films]]


==References==
==References==
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*[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/3072/Tennessee-Champ/ ''Tennessee Champ''] at [[TCMDB]]
*[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/3072/Tennessee-Champ/ ''Tennessee Champ''] at [[TCMDB]]


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Revision as of 23:42, 20 December 2023

Tennessee Champ
Keenan Wynn from the trailer
Directed byFred M. Wilcox
Screenplay byArt Cohn
Based onThe Lord in His Corner and other stories by Eustace Cockrell
Produced bySol Baer Fielding
Starring
CinematographyGeorge J. Folsey
Edited byBen Lewis
Music byConrad Salinger
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's, Inc.
Release date
February 25, 1954
Running time
73 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$548,000[1]
Box office$769,000[1]

Tennessee Champ is a 1954 American drama film with strong Christian overtones directed by Fred M. Wilcox and starring Shelley Winters, Keenan Wynn, Dewey Martin, and Charles Bronson

Mounted as a title to fill out double and triple bills (a B-movie), Tennessee Champ was one of several films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer shot in its pet process of Ansco Color, a ruddy-looking process employed on the same year's Brigadoon.

The film marked a return to Hollywood for star Shelley Winters, who hadn't appeared in a film in almost two years because of her marriage to Vittorio Gassman (which ended in June 1954) and the birth of their child, Vittoria. The lull came just as she seemed to be on an upswing after roles in Winchester '73 (1950), Phone Call from a Stranger (1952), and her breakthrough tragic performance in A Place in the Sun (1951).

Plot

Sarah Wurble's husband Willy is the larceny-inclined manager of an illiterate, and very religious boxer from Tennessee named Danny. Gifted with a powerful punch and a nickname that gives the film its title, Danny mistakenly believes he killed a man defending himself in a street brawl, and goes on the lam as a prizefighter.

His Christian convictions turn out to be both a source of inspiration and, ultimately, conflict when Willy urges him to throw a fight (while mistakenly fearing Willy will turn him in on the murder charge if he doesn't). Credulity flies out of the window when Danny discovers the man he is to take on in the fixed fight is actually the man he thought he killed, Sixty Jubel, The "Biloxi Blockbuster." Danny's example of unwavering faith causes Willy to rethink his sinful ways.

Cast

Reception

According to MGM records the film earned $555,000 in the US and Canada and $214,000 elsewhere, making a loss to the studio of $189,000.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.

External links