Gentleman Jim (1942)

Because boxing is a considered an illegal and disreputable enterprise in 1880's San Francisco, wealthy and influential members of the prestigious Olympic Club vow to make the sport a "gentlemanly" one. They sponsor a brash, extroverted young bank clerk named Jim Corbett, who quickly becomes an accomplished fighter under the new Marquis of Queensbury Rules. Despite his success, the young Irish-American's social pretensions and boastful manner soon estrange him from his benefactors, who plot to give their conceited former protégé a well-deserved comeuppance. Despite this, his dazzlingly innovative footwork helps him to beat a succession of bigger and stronger men, and he finally finds himself fighting for the world's championship against his childhood idol, John L. Sullivan.

Raoul Walsh

Horace McCoy James J. Corbett Vincent Lawrence

Al Bain Alan Hale Alexis Smith Arthur Shields Dorothy Vaughan Edwin August Errol Flynn Fred Aldrich Harry Adams Horace McCoy Jack Carson James J. Corbett John Alban John Loder Madeleine Lebeau Minor Watson Raoul Walsh Rhys Williams Vincent Lawrence Walter Bacon Ward Bond William Frawley