The Crowd Roars (1938 film)

The Crowd Roars
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Directed byRichard Thorpe
Written byGeorge Bruce (story and screenplay)
Thomas Lennon
George Oppenheimer
Produced bySam Zimbalist
StarringRobert Taylor
Edward Arnold
Frank Morgan
Maureen O'Sullivan
CinematographyJohn F. Seitz
Oliver T. Marsh (uncredited)
Edited byConrad A. Nervig
Music byEdward Ward
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's Inc.
Release date
  • August 5, 1938 (1938-08-05)
Running time
87-92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$511,000[1]
Box office$2,032,000[1]

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.

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.