The Big Chance

1933
Passed
1h 2m

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Action Adventure Comedy Crime Drama Romance Sport

Gangsters try to get a boxer to throw an important fight.Gangsters try to get a boxer to throw an important fight.Gangsters try to get a boxer to throw an important fight.

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John Darrow

Knockout Frankie (Rocky) Morgan

Merna Kennedy

Mary Wilson

Natalie Moorhead

Babe

Mickey Rooney

Arthur Wilson

Matthew Betz

Flash McQuaid

J. Carrol Naish

Undetermined Role
(scenes deleted)

Hank Mann

Tugboat

Virginia True Boardman

Mrs. Wilson
(uncredited)

George Chesebro

Thug
(uncredited)

Gordon De Main

Ed Miller
(uncredited)

Billy Engle

Flash's Little Man
(uncredited)

Kit Guard

Kelly
(uncredited)

Frank LaRue

John Wilson
(uncredited)

Marian Mansfield

Torch Singer
(uncredited)

Robert McKenzie

Champ's Manager
(uncredited)

George Morrell

Fight Announcer
(uncredited)

Jack Mower

Club Manager
(uncredited)

Rose Plumer

Concerned Neighbor
(uncredited)

Director
- Albert Herman
Writer
- Mauri Grashin
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The American Film Institute Catalog erroneously credits Eleanor Boardman as "Singer". Eleanor Boardman is not in the film. Virginia True Boardman plays Mrs. Wilson, and Marian Mansfield is the Singer; AFI also credits 6th billed J. Carrol Naish as "Mr. Wilson." Naish, through credited in the film's opening credits, does not appear in the film; Frank LaRue (uncredited) plays "Mr. Wilson."

Boxing melodrama with a weak punch

Boring, workmanlike programmer boxing film fails to deliver on its punches. Not that it doesn't try to dump buckets of melodrama on the masses, but the boxing footage sucks, there's no star in sight (except Rooney, who's very touchy-feely with all the boxers for a spunky little boy!) and the prevailing mood is drek. Standard mobsters inspire the boxer to make the usual decision to win the "big fight" despite the fix, although in this case there's no consequence to the boxer. A loser.