Kid Galahad - hard fists, hot love
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Kid Galahad - hard fists, hot love |
| Original title | Kid Galahad |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1962 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Phil Karlson |
| script | William Fay |
| production |
David Weisbart for Mirisch |
| music | Jeff Alexander |
| camera | Burnett Guffey |
| cut | Stuart Gilmore |
| occupation | |
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Kid Galahad is a 1962 American boxer film directed by Phil Karlson. It was the tenth feature film in which Elvis Presley played a role.
action
The young Walter Gulick is discharged from the army. He has lost all his pay playing poker , so he goes to Cream Valley, where he hopes to find a job as an auto mechanic . Walter was born in Cream Valley. His parents died when he was 14 months old, so he grew up with an aunt in Kentucky . Now he is returning to his roots. However, Willy Grogan, to whom he introduces himself, has no job as a mechanic for him. He is a boxing manager and when a trainer comes to him because he needs a training partner for his boxer, Walter steps in. He trained as a boxer in the army, but is otherwise completely inexperienced. During the training fight he does not take cover, but knows how to take it. With an aimed right, his first attack, he knocks down his training partner. The boxing coaches are enthusiastic and Walter becomes Willy's new protégé. His coach will be the calm Lew Nyack.
Willy owes a debt to the gang boss Otto Danzig, who provides him with two guardians. His only source of finance so far has been his little sister Rose. When he wants to borrow money from her again, she spontaneously comes to Cream Valley. Walter falls in love with her, which Willy doesn't like to see. He has been engaged to the former singer Dolly for three years, but the relationship suffers from the permanent engagement. Dolly no longer wants to blame herself for giving up her job as a singer in Max Lieberman's bar because of an engagement and Willy only wants to get married when he has no more debts. However, he is constantly increasing these in horse racing . He therefore sees Walter as the way out of his financial hardship. He puts him irresponsible against the much stronger Bailey in a ten-round fight one, but it creates Walter Bailey by knockout. Defeat.
Walter now wins fight after fight. In his free time he works as a car mechanic and lovingly restores a classic car . Walter and Rose decide to get married in a few weeks and there is an argument between Walter and Willy. He wants to forbid Rose from marrying and thus comes into conflict with Dolly - after all, Rose doesn't have to wait three years for a marriage. Dolly moves out and starts again as a singer with Max Lieberman.
Meanwhile, Walter is preparing for the battle of his career. He should compete against the best and most dangerous boxer Sugarboy Romero. Walter is considered a sure candidate for defeat, so that Otto Danzig also wants to improve his own coffers with the fight. Otto's men try to control the fight in advance with all sorts of tricks. Lew Nyack is blackmailed into not treating Walter during the breaks in the fight, but rather leaving the work to someone else who wants to enlarge Walter's possible wounds and thus secure his defeat. When Lew refuses, both hands are broken. Shortly before the fight, Otto tries to smuggle the wrong doctor into Walter's team, but this time Willy is vigilant so that the fight can take place under fair conditions. It means existence to Willy, as he and other Cream Valley residents have bet more than $ 1,000 on a Walter win.
The fight begins and is a long draw before Walter Sugarboy finally knocks out Romero. Willy has now won so much money that he can pay off his debts. In addition, he and Dolly are going to get married, as it was only when they moved out that he realized how much he missed her. Walter and Rose can now be together too.
production
Kid Galahad - Hard Fists, Hot Love was filmed in Idyllwild , California . It was released in US cinemas on August 11, 1962 and was shown in Germany on February 8, 1963.
The film is based on the novel Kid Galahad by Francis Wallace . This had previously been filmed in 1937 under the title Kid Galahad - With hard fists ( Kid Galahad ) and in 1941 as Von Stadt zu Stadt ( The Wagons Roll at Night ).
Elvis Presley, who was trained for his role by former light welterweight world champion Mushy Callahan , sings various songs in the film:
- King of the Whole Wide World (Ruth Batchelor, Bob Roberts)
- This Is Living (Fred Wise, Ben Weisman)
- Riding the Rainbow (Fred Wise, Ben Weisman)
- Home Is Where the Heart Is (Sherman Edwards, Hal David)
- I Got Lucky (Dolores Fuller, Fred Wise, Ben Weisman)
- A Whistling Tune (Sherman Edwards, Hal David)
- Love Is for Lovers (Ruth Batchelor, Sharon Silbert)
criticism
The film service wrote: “The story and style are undemanding and good. Only those who happen to love boxing and 'music' equally will be enthusiastic about the film. ”The Lexicon Two Thousand One published by film-dienst in 2001 described the film as an“ undemanding, colorful story ”.
Cinema found: "The King grumbles as much as he can through the outrageous remake of a Bogart film from 1937. Conclusion: Elvis remains steadfast, the film is knocked out"
Time Out London found that the flabby Elvis looked like he couldn't even survive a round in the ring against Donald Duck . However, Gig Young seems convincing as a trainer.
Web links
- Kid Galahad - Hard fists, hot love in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Adam Victor: The Elvis Encyclopedia . Gerald Duckworth & Co, London 2008, p. 284.
- ↑ See Kid Galahad - Hard fists, hot love . In: film-dienst , No. 8, 1963.
- ↑ Kid Galahad - Hard fists, hot love. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ See cinema.de
- ↑ See timeout.com