Stupid film - well, no, a stupid ending - I hated the ending. A remake of the 1931 Wallace Beery / Jackie Cooper picture which had the same story. Jon Voight and Ricky Schroder are the washed up boxer and his son, Faye Dunaway the removed mother. I'm surprised it was remade in the otherwise fruitful seventies but am sure tears were flooding the cinema aisles. For some reason I didn't find Dunaway very convincing.
Does however have bonuses in the shapes of Joan Blondell and Elisha Cook Jr., and Jack Warden. And the most interesting credit - 'Consulting Editor Reginald Mills'. It was actually his last credit.
Photographed by Fred Koenkamp. MGM.
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