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Gentleman Jim

Gentleman Jim

The grandest story of the Naughty "Nineties" becomes the gayest picture of the Fighting "Forties!"

19427.11h 44m

Overview

As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the boxing world.

Directed by Raoul Walsh
Written by Vincent Lawrence, Horace McCoy, Hugh Cummings
Produced by Robert Buckner
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Top Cast

Errol Flynn

Errol Flynn

James J. Corbett

Alexis Smith

Alexis Smith

Victoria Ware

Jack Carson

Jack Carson

Walter Lawrie

Alan Hale

Alan Hale

Pat Corbett

John Loder

John Loder

Carlton De Witt

William Frawley

William Frawley

Billy Delaney

Minor Watson

Minor Watson

Buck Ware

Ward Bond

Ward Bond

John L. Sullivan

Madeleine Lebeau

Madeleine Lebeau

Anna Held

Rhys Williams

Rhys Williams

Harry Watson

Themes & Keywords

bare knuckle boxingbankirish-americannew orleans, louisianabiographysalt lake city, utahtrainriverboat19th centuryboxingbenefactor

About Gentleman Jim

Gentleman Jim is a drama, comedy film released in 1942 exploring themes of bare knuckle boxing, bank, irish-american, new orleans, louisiana, biography, salt lake city, utah. Directed by Raoul Walsh, it stars Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson. As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the boxing world.

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