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Kid Galahad

5.1

154

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Original title

Kid Galahad

Year

1962

Running time

95 min.

Country

United States

Director

Phil Karlson

Screenwriter

William Fay. Story: Francis Wallace

Cast

Music

Jeff Alexander

Cinematography

Burnett Guffey

Producer

United Artists, The Mirisch Corporation

Genre

Musical. Comedy. Romance | Sports. Boxing

Synopsis

When he completes his military service Walter Gulick returns to his birthplace, Cream Valley, New York. He was orphaned as an infant and grew up elsewhere but always wanted to return to where he was from. He hopes to be a mechanic but soon after his arrival finds himself working as a sparring partner at a boxing camp. Having lost all of his money in a crap game, Walter is happy to take any kind of work but a devastating right hook sends him down a different path. Willy Grogan thinks he has a winner in Walter who, after helping a lady out, is dubbed Kid Galahad. Willy is a likable man but gambles too much and may have been a witness to a mobster's conversation that would best be forgotten. As Walter gains more success, and falls in love with Willy's sister Rose, Willy Grogan finds himself coming under pressure from mobsters to make Walter takes a dive at his next big fight.

Critics' reviews

"We'll have to agree that Mr. Presley does not make a very convincing pug. But somehow this clique-ridden picture, (...) makes a moderately genial entertainment. It's not explosive, but it has the cheerful top of a lightly romantic contrivance that ranges between comedy and spoof."

Bosley Crowther: The New York Times

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Kid Galahad

1962

Phil Karlson

5.1

(154)