Killer McCoy (1947)
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Tommy McCoy grew up poor and scrappy. As a young man he discovers that he can fight with his powerful right arm. He becomes successful at boxing, however he has an alcoholic father.
- Date of release
- 1947-12-01
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Roy Rowland
Casting
- Mickey Rooney — Tommy McCoy / Killer McCoy
- Brian Donlevy — Jim Caighn
- Ann Blyth — Sheila Carrson
- James Dunn — Brian McCoy
- Tom Tully — Cecil Y. Walsh
- Sam Levene — Happy
- Walter Sande — Bill Thorne
- Mickey Knox — Johnny Martin
- James Bell — Father Patrick Ryan
- Gloria Holden — Mrs. Laura McCoy
- Bob Steele — Sailor Graves
- Frank Mayo — Man at Bar (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Killer McCoy is a 1947 American sports drama film about a boxer starring Mickey Rooney. It is a remake of The Crowd Roars (1938). The picture was directed by Roy Rowland with a supporting cast featuring Brian Donlevy, Ann Blyth, James Dunn, Tom Tully, and Sam Levene.
Production
MGM announced the film in March 1947. Mickey Rooney had intended to appear in a biopic of jockey Tod Sloan but when that was postponed MGM put him in this. Cyril Hume wrote the script and Sam Zimbalist was assigned to produce. It was a conscious decision on MGM's part to try Rooney in a different sort of role. Elizabeth Taylor was announced as his costar. In May Frederick Hazlitt Brennan signed to write the script.
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