Killer McCoy

Killer McCoy
Directed by Roy Rowland
Produced by Sam Zimbalist
Written by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan
George Bruce
Thomas Lennon
George Oppenheimer
Starring Mickey Rooney
Brian Donlevy
Ann Blyth
Music by David Snell
Cinematography Joseph Ruttenberg
Edited by Ralph E. Winters
Production
company
Release dates
 December 1947
Running time
 104 min.
Country United States
Language English
Budget $1,402,000[1]
Box office $3,191,000[1]

Killer McCoy is a 1947 American film about a boxer. It is a remake of The Crowd Roars (1938).

Plot summary

Tommy McCoy is a tough New York City boy, close to his dad, Brian, a performer in vaudeville. One night while his dad's doing a song and dance for the audience as part of a boxing event, Tommy accepts a challenge to step into the ring. He knocks out his opponent.

Lightweight champ Johnny Martin is impressed. He takes the McCoys on the road, letting Brian perform and showing Tommy the ropes of the boxing business. Tommy wins several fights and gains popularity, but kills a man in the ring and wants to quit. Then he discovers that his dad is heavily in debt to racketeer Jim Caighn and has gambled away Tommy's earnings.

Tommy begins a romantic relationship with the gangster's daughter, Sheila. He is expected to throw a big fight so that Caighn can collect a big payoff from his gambling rivals, and to ensure his dive in the eighth round, Sheila is taken hostage. But she manages to escape, inspiring Tommy to knock out his foe.

Cast

Reception

Although the film was a notable change of pace for Mickey Rooney it was a hit, earning $2,201,000 in the US and Canada and $990,000 elsewhere[1] making a profit of $768,000.[2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ↑ Scott Eyman, Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer, Robson, 2005 p 401
  3. ↑ "Top Grossers of 1948", Variety 5 January 1949 p 46

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