The Ring (1952)
"I was slaughtered to please the croud!"
A young Mexican/American learns about life both inside and out of the ring when he takes up boxing.
- Date of release
- 1952-09-26
- TMDB
- 5.1 / 10 (9)
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Director
- Kurt Neumann
Casting
- Gerald Mohr — Pete Ganusa
- Rita Moreno — Lucy Gomez
- Lalo Rios — Tomas 'Tommy' Cantanios / Tommy Kansas
- Robert Arthur — Billy Smith
- Robert Osterloh — Freddy Jack
- Martín Garralaga — Vidal Cantanios
- Art Aragon — Himself
- Jack Elam — Harry Jackson
- Peter Brocco — Barney Williams
- Robert Shayne — Jimmy - Aragon's Manager
- Julia Montoya — Rosa
- Lillian Molieri — Helen Cantanios
Interesting facts
The Ring is a 1952 American film noir film directed by Kurt Neumann and based on a novel by Irving Shulman. It tells the story of a Mexican-American male who becomes a boxer, believing this kind of achievement will gain him respect among the English-speaking white majority. The film was shot in various locations in early 1950s Los Angeles. The film examines institutionalized bigotry.
Production
The Ring is one of the early sports-centered films in Hollywood in which discrimination against Chicanos is presented. Its Mexicano/sports themes can be traced to the 1940s with films like The Girl from Monterrey.
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