Gentleman Jim

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

7.219421h 44m

Released

Drama

Comedy

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.

StatusReleased

Release Date1942-11-14

Runtime1h 44m

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited States of America

Keywords

bare knuckle boxing

bank

irish-american

new orleans, louisiana

Videos

1 total

Trailer

Gentleman Jim (Official Trailer 1942)

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Cast & Crew

Errol Flynn

as James J. Corbett

Alexis Smith

as Victoria Ware

Jack Carson

as Walter Lawrie

Alan Hale

as Pat Corbett

John Loder

as Carlton De Witt

William Frawley

as Billy Delaney

Minor Watson

as Buck Ware

Ward Bond

as John L. Sullivan

Madeleine Lebeau

as Anna Held

Rhys Williams

as Harry Watson

Reviews

John Chard

Apr 23, 2020

9/10

If I get lost, I'll send up a rocket. Loosely based on the James J Corbett biography "The Roar Of The Crowd", Gentleman Jim is a wonderfully breezy picture that perfectly encapsulates not only the rise of the pugilistic prancer that was Corbett, but also the wind of change as regards the sport of boxing circa the 1890s. It was like trying to…

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