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Winner Take All (1939 film)

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Genre
  
Drama

Duration
  

Language
  
English

Director
  
Otto Brower

Story by
  
Jerome Cady

Country
  
USA

Release date
  
1939 (1939)

Writer
  
Frances Hyland (screenplay), Albert Ray (screenplay), Jerome Cady (story)

Screenplay
  
Albert Ray, Frances Hyland

Cast
  
Gloria Stuart
(Julie Harrison),
Tony Martin
(Steve Bishop),
Slim Summerville
(Mike Muldoon),
Henry Armetta
(Papa Luigi Gambini),
Kane Richmond
(Paulie Mitchell)

Related Otto Brower movies
  
The Gay Caballero (1940), Stanley and Livingstone (1939), The Local Bad Man (1932), Hard Hombre (1931), Headline Shooter (1933)

Winner Take All is a 1939 American drama film, directed by Otto Brower. It stars Tony Martin, Gloria Stuart, and Henry Armetta.

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Plot

A rodeo rider from Montana stranded in New York City with no money, Steve Bishop can't pay for his meal at Papa and Mama Gambini's restaurant, so he offers to work off his debt as a waiter. When someone else interested in that job harasses Papa, he is flattened by Steve.

Eyewitnesses among the customers include a sportswriter, Julie Harrison, and her boyfriend, fight promoter Tom Walker. A chance is offered Steve to participate in a boxing exhibition with six men in a ring at once. He ends up the victor, raising money for a good cause supported by Papa.

Walker decides to promote Steve as a prizefighter, and he begins earning victories and money. Steve doesn't realize these fights have been fixed in advance. Julie teaches him a lesson the hard way, telling Steve's next opponent to deck him. Walker, no longer able to promote Steve as undefeated, sells Julie his contract for 25 cents. Under her guidance, he is able to upset Paulie Mitchell in his next fight, pleasing Papa and Julie both.

Cast

  • Tony Martin as Steve Bishop
  • Gloria Stuart as Julie Harrison
  • Henry Armetta as Papa Gambini
  • Kane Richmond as Paulie Mitchell
  • Slim Summerville as Muldoon
  • Robert Allen as Tom Walker

    • References

    Winner Take All (1939 film) Wikipedia
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    Winner Take All (1939 film) IMDb