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Shelly Winters plays Sarah Wurble, whose husband, Willy (Keenan Wynn), is the larceny-inclined manager for an illiterate, and very religious boxer from Tennessee named Danny Norson (Dewey Martin). Gifted with a powerful punch and a nickname that gives the film its title, Danny mistakenly believes he killed 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). Creditability flies out of the window when Daniel 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' (Charles Bronson). Danny's example of unwavering faith causes Willy to rethink his sinful ways. |
Shelly Winters plays Sarah Wurble, whose husband, Willy (Keenan Wynn), is the larceny-inclined manager for an illiterate, and very religious boxer from Tennessee named Danny Norson (Dewey Martin). Gifted with a powerful punch and a nickname that gives the film its title, Danny mistakenly believes he killed 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 throw the fight). Creditability flies out of the window when Daniel 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' (Charles Bronson). Danny's example of unwavering faith causes Willy to rethink his sinful ways. |
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Revision as of 21:33, 4 April 2014
| Tennessee Champ | |
|---|---|
 Keenan Wynn from the trailer | |
| Directed by | Fred M. Wilcox |
| Written by | Art Cohn, Eustace Cockrell (story) |
| Produced by | Sol Baer Fielding |
| Starring | Shelley Winters Keenan Wynn Charles Bronson |
| Cinematography | George Folsey |
| Edited by | Ben Lewis |
| Music by | Conrad Salinger |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date | 1954 |
Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $548,000[1] |
| Box office | $769,000[1] |
Tennessee Champ is a 1954 drama with strong Christian overtones starring Shelley Winters, Keenan Wynn, Dewey Martin, and Charles Bronson (credited as Charles Buchinsky), and directed by Fred M. Wilcox.
Mounted as a title to fill out double and triple bills, 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.
Tennessee Champ marked a return to Hollywood for star Shelley Winters, who hadn't appeared in a film in almost two years due to her marriage to Vittorio Gassman (which ended in June of 1954) and the birth of their child, Vittoria. The lull came at a strategic point in her career, 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
Shelly Winters plays Sarah Wurble, whose husband, Willy (Keenan Wynn), is the larceny-inclined manager for an illiterate, and very religious boxer from Tennessee named Danny Norson (Dewey Martin). Gifted with a powerful punch and a nickname that gives the film its title, Danny mistakenly believes he killed 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 throw the fight). Creditability flies out of the window when Daniel 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' (Charles Bronson). Danny's example of unwavering faith causes Willy to rethink his sinful ways.
Reception
According to MGM records the movie earned $555,000 in the US and Canada and $214,000 elsewhere, making a loss to the studio of $189,000.[1]
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