Gentleman Jim (1942)
Average Rating: 7.6/10
Reviews Counted: 9
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 0
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Release Date: Jan 1, 1942 Wide
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Maybe Errol Flynn was never the war hero that he often played, but he was a capable boxer, and Gentleman Jim makes full use of this skill. Flynn stars as Jim Corbett, the 19th-century American pugilist who introduced "scientific" methods to bare-knuckle boxing. Originally an office clerk, Corbett is introduced to the then-illegal sport of fighting when one of the bank executives sponsors the young man's training at the Olympic Club. His arrogance wins Corbett a few enemies, including high-born
Jan 1, 1942 Wide
Mar 27, 2007
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Cast
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Errol Flynn
James J. Corbett -
Alexis Smith
Victoria Ware -
Jack Carson
Walter Lowrie -
Alan Hale
Pat Corbett -
John Loder
Clinton DeWitt -
Ward Bond
John L. Sullivan -
William Frawley
Billy Delaney -
Minor Watson
Buck Ware -
Madeleine Le Beau
Anna Held -
Rhys Williams
Harry Watson -
Arthur Shields
Father Burke -
Dorothy Vaughan
Ma Corbett -
James Flavin
George Corbett -
Pat Flaherty
Harry Corbett -
Wallis Clark
Judge Geary -
Marilyn Phillips
Mary Corbett -
Art Foster
Jack Burke -
Edwin Stanley
President McInnes -
Harry Crocker
Charles Crocker -
Frank Mayo
Gov. Stanford -
Fred Kelsey
Sutro -
Sammy Stein
Joe Choynski -
Hooper Atchley
Man -
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Wade Boteler
Policeman -
Georgia Caine
Mrs. Geary -
Wade Crosby
Manager -
William B. Davidson
Donovan -
William "Wee Willie" Davi...
Flannagan -
Jean Del Val
Renaud -
Lester Dorr
Reporter -
Mary Gordon
Irish Woman -
Frank S. Hagney
Mug -
Carl Harbaugh
Smith -
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Mike Mazurki
Jake Kilrain -
Lon McCallister
Page Boy -
Pat O'Malley
Detective -
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Emmett Vogan
Stage Manager -
Charles C. Wilson
Gurney
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All Critics (14) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (0) | DVD (4)
The most kinetic of period pieces, the least pious of biopics, Walsh's Grand Illusion, an elegy for men trying to hang on to the notion of blood sports as games of honor
Walsh trusts his viewers to value ability and wit over humility and pathos, resulting in one of the most roundly entertaining of all sports films.
One of the most lovable, funny and enthusiastic of all film biographies.
...as good a sports biography, hyperbole or not, as you'll find.
...has all the exuberance, excitement, romance, and high good humor that is missing in many of today's so-called inspirational sports films.
Errol Flynn excels as the brash, social-climbing Corbett.
Romanticized Jim Corbett boxing fable; Flynn is still fun to watch.
Superior -- if largely fact-free -- biopic with Flynn as the character should have been rather than as he was.
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Foreign Titles
- Gentleman Jim (1942) (DE)
- Gentleman Jim (1942) (UK)
