Gentleman Jim
- Original title
- Gentleman Jim
- Year
- 1942
- Running time
- 104 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Errol Flynn
- Alexis Smith
- Jack Carson
- Alan Hale
- John Loder
- William Frawley
- Minor Watson
- Ward Bond
- Madeleine LeBeau
- Mike Mazurki
- Rhys Williams
- Arthur Shields
- Dorothy Vaughan
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- Music
- Cinematography
Sidney Hickox (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Drama. Comedy | Sports. Boxing. Biography. 19th Century
- Synopsis
- Because boxing is a considered an illegal and disreputable enterprise in 1880's San Francisco, wealthy and influential members of the prestigious Olympic Club vow to make the sport a "gentlemanly" one. They sponsor a brash, extroverted young bank clerk named Jim Corbett, who quickly becomes an accomplished fighter under the new Marquis of Queensbury Rules. Despite his success, the young Irish-American's social pretensions and boastful manner soon estrange him from his benefactors, who plot to give their conceited former protege a well-deserved comeuppance. Despite this, his dazzlingly innovative footwork helps him to beat a succession of bigger and stronger men, and he finally finds himself fighting for the world's championship against his childhood idol, John L. Sullivan.
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