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Gentleman Jim

  • 19421942
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 44m
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7.6/10
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Errol Flynn and Alexis Smith in Gentleman Jim (1942)
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As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert, Jim Corbett, uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the top of the boxing world.As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert, Jim Corbett, uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the top of the boxing world.As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert, Jim Corbett, uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the top of the boxing world.

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  • Director
    • Raoul Walsh
  • Writers
    • Vincent Lawrence(screen play)
    • Horace McCoy(screen play)
    • James J. Corbett(based upon the life of)
  • Stars
    • Errol Flynn
    • Alexis Smith
    • Jack Carson
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  • Director
    • Raoul Walsh
  • Writers
    • Vincent Lawrence(screen play)
    • Horace McCoy(screen play)
    • James J. Corbett(based upon the life of)
  • Stars
    • Errol Flynn
    • Alexis Smith
    • Jack Carson
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    • 60User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews
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    Errol Flynn and Alexis Smith in Gentleman Jim (1942)
    Errol Flynn, Jack Carson, and William Frawley in Gentleman Jim (1942)
    Ward Bond, Errol Flynn, Joseph Crehan, and William Frawley in Gentleman Jim (1942)
    Ward Bond, Errol Flynn, and Joseph Crehan in Gentleman Jim (1942)
    Errol Flynn and Alexis Smith in Gentleman Jim (1942)
    Errol Flynn, William Frawley, and Alexis Smith in Gentleman Jim (1942)
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    Errol Flynn in Gentleman Jim (1942)
    Errol Flynn and Alexis Smith in Gentleman Jim (1942)
    Errol Flynn in Gentleman Jim (1942)
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    Errol Flynn
    Errol Flynn
    • James J. Corbettas James J. Corbett
    Alexis Smith
    Alexis Smith
    • Victoria Wareas Victoria Ware
    Jack Carson
    Jack Carson
    • Walter Lowrieas Walter Lowrie
    Alan Hale
    Alan Hale
    • Pat Corbettas Pat Corbett
    John Loder
    John Loder
    • Carlton De Wittas Carlton De Witt
    William Frawley
    William Frawley
    • Billy Delaneyas Billy Delaney
    Minor Watson
    Minor Watson
    • Buck Wareas Buck Ware
    Ward Bond
    Ward Bond
    • John L. Sullivanas John L. Sullivan
    Madeleine Lebeau
    Madeleine Lebeau
    • Anna Heldas Anna Held
    • (as Madeleine LeBeau)
    Rhys Williams
    Rhys Williams
    • Harry Watsonas Harry Watson
    Arthur Shields
    Arthur Shields
    • Father Burkeas Father Burke
    Dorothy Vaughan
    Dorothy Vaughan
    • Ma Corbettas Ma Corbett
    Harry Adams
    • Boxing Match Spectatoras Boxing Match Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    John Alban
    • Party Guestas Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Fred Aldrich
    Fred Aldrich
    • Lumberjackas Lumberjack
    • (uncredited)
    Edwin August
    Edwin August
    • Olympic Club Memberas Olympic Club Member
    • (uncredited)
    Walter Bacon
    • Pedestrianas Pedestrian
    • (uncredited)
    Al Bain
    Al Bain
    • Boxing Match Spectatoras Boxing Match Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Raoul Walsh
    • Writers
      • Vincent Lawrence(screen play)
      • Horace McCoy(screen play)
      • James J. Corbett(based upon the life of)
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    Storyline

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    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 protégé 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. —duke1029
    • heavyweight boxer
    • heavyweight championship fight
    • john l. sullivan character
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    • Taglines
      • The grandest story of the Naughty "Nineties" becomes the gayest picture of the Fighting "Forties!"
    • Genres
      • Drama
      • Sport
    • Certificate
      • Approved
    • Parents guide

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    • Trivia
      Errol Flynn did all of his own boxing stunts in the film, and although production was shut down for a time after Flynn suffered a mild heart attack, he came back and finished the picture without ever using a double.
    • Goofs
      In the bank the day after the first fight (and their arrest with the bank director for attending it), Corbett (Flynn) and Lowrie (Carson) decide they should resign preemptively, rather than wait to be fired. However, Corbett gets a raise instead and returns from his boss's office to tell his pal Lowrie about it. As he talks, he's counting a stack of "money" of which only the top and bottom sheets appear genuine. The other "notes" are all blank sheets of paper.
    • Quotes

      Judge Geary: We'll take in a few clean-cut boys from good families, and if we can't make you fighters into gentlemen, we'll try to make some gentlemen into fighters.

    • Alternate versions
      Also available in a computer colorized version.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh (1973)
    • Soundtracks
      The Wearing of the Green
      (ca 1798) (uncredited)

      Traditional Irish folk tune

      In the score during the opening credits and occasionally in the score

    User reviews60

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    Top review
    8/10
    One of the Most Enjoyable of Flynn's Films; Intelligent and Lively Fun
    James J. Corbett's autobiography "The Roar of the Crowd" was the starting point of this lively and well-remembered fictionalized biography. The author was heavyweight champion of the world, succeeding John L. Sullivan, before the turn of the century. The events of the narrative depict Corbett as a brash but likable and intelligent young man whose conquest of the world of boxing and social prejudice in his time, when he was considered merely the son of Irish immigrants, a lowly bank teller and a nobody surprised everyone. It took him several hours of exciting and often amusing screen-time to prove his compeers were wrong. He is an bank teller when the film opens, but he somehow wangles an invitation to a sporting club for the well-to-do. He falls in love with a beautiful but snobbish girl, with whom he always seems to be quarreling, and he lives at home with a brawling clan of Corbetts who seem to fight with one another as often as with others. When he defeats the club's best and a professional fighter borough in to embarrass him, he finally decides to become famous by fighting. he sets out on the road with his friend, who acts as manager and trainer, and despite a few near setbacks, he wins all his bouts and attracts attention. Coming home to pursue his girl again, he contrives to annoy the Boston Strongboy, mighty John L. Sullivan, who enters bars and claims he can "lick any man in the world". Few believe he can win a bout against Sullivan, but Corbett, dubbed "Gentleman Jim" for his gracious manners and patrician appearance surprises everyone by moving, dancing out of range, and negating the furious Sullivan's power. The film's finest scene perhaps comes when a beaten Sullivan comes to congratulate Corbett. The new champion rises to the moment, tells Sullivan a few years before it might have been different, and shows him nothing but admiration and respect. He gets his girl as a result of his two performances, but by the end of the film, as they visit his s parents, his manager is able to tell the world, "The Corbetts are at it again". The films is attractive and has a consistent style without being flashy. The script was written by veteran Horace McCoy and Vincent Lawrence from the Corbett novel. Sidney Hickox did the cinematography, with period set decorations by Clarence Steensen and art direction by Ted Smith. Heinz Roemheld did the music and Milo Anderson the gowns. The film was ably directed by action-film specialist Raoul Walsh. Flynn also liked working with Walsh but did not care for the other director he worked for most often, Michael Curtiz. Among the cast,were Ward Bond as John L. Sullivan, in one of his best performances lovely Alexis Smith a bit spotty but intelligent as the girl Corbett loves and a very able Errol Flynn as Corbett, a young man he seemed to relish playing--he later said it was his favorite role from the period...Jack Carson was his manager, Alan Hale his charismatic father, John Loder a rich foe, with William Frawley, Minor Watson, Madeleine LeBeau, Rhys Williams, Arthur Shields, Dorothy Vaughn and Mike Mazurki along for the enjoyable proceedings. It is hard to say enough about the logic and light-hearted fun this movie's makers have generated; it is one of the best-liked of all sports biography films, and by my standards one of the most enjoyable as well.
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    • Aug 2, 2005

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    • Release date
      • November 14, 1942 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Sendero de gloria
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden - 301 N. Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 44 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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