The Crowd Roars

August. 06,1938      NR
Rating:
6.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A young boxer gets caught between a no-good father and a crime boss when he starts dating the boss's daughter, although she doesn't know what daddy does for a living.

Robert Taylor as  'Killer' McCoy
Edward Arnold as  Jim Cain
Frank Morgan as  Brian McCoy
Maureen O'Sullivan as  Sheila 'Shelia' Carson
William Gargan as  Johnny Martin
Lionel Stander as  'Happy' Lane
Jane Wyman as  Vivian
Nat Pendleton as  'Pug' Walsh
Charles D. Brown as  Bill Thorne
Gene Reynolds as  Tommy McCoy, as a boy

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Reviews

Actuakers
1938/08/06

One of my all time favorites.

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Doomtomylo
1938/08/07

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

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FirstWitch
1938/08/08

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

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Mathilde the Guild
1938/08/09

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

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