The Crowd Roars (1938)
DRAMA! YOUR THRILL OF A LIFETIME!
A young boxer gets caught between a no-good father and a crime boss when he starts dating the boss's daughter, although she doesn't know what daddy does for a living.
- Date of release
- 1938-08-06
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Drama, Action
- Director
- Richard Thorpe
Casting
- Robert Taylor — 'Killer' McCoy
- Edward Arnold — Jim Cain
- Frank Morgan — Brian McCoy
- Maureen O'Sullivan — Sheila 'Shelia' Carson
- William Gargan — Johnny Martin
- Lionel Stander — 'Happy' Lane
- Jane Wyman — Vivian
- Nat Pendleton — 'Pug' Walsh
- Charles D. Brown — Bill Thorne
- Gene Reynolds — Tommy McCoy, as a boy
- Don 'Red' Barry — Pete Mariola
- Isabel Jewell — Mrs. Martin
Interesting facts
The Crowd Roars is a 1938 American sports drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Robert Taylor as a boxer who gets entangled in the seamier side of the sport. It was remade in 1947 as Killer McCoy, featuring Mickey Rooney in the title role. This film was not a remake of the 1932 film of the same name starring James Cagney. The supporting cast for the 1938 version features Edward Arnold, Frank Morgan, Lionel Stander, and Jane Wyman.
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