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The Big Chance

193362 minUnited States
RomanceComedyCrime
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Original language
English
This copy runs
60:01
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English

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Synopsis

A promising boxer discovers that his rise through the ranks has been arranged to make a fixed championship bout profitable. When he refuses to follow his manager's instructions, the gang threatens someone close to his girlfriend. Reaching the ring becomes inseparable from rescuing the hostage and deciding who will control his career.

Cast

DirectorsAlbert Herman

Historical context

Independent producer Eagle Pictures released the film through the states-rights system, selling territorial distribution instead of using a major studio's national network. Its boxing racket places sporting ambition inside the criminal economy familiar from early sound-era melodramas.

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