The Joe Louis Story
1953 film by Robert Gordon
- Coley Wallace
- Hilda Simms
- Paul Stewart
Production
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Walter P. Chrysler Jr.
Release date
- September 18, 1953 (1953-09-18) (United States)
Running time
The Joe Louis Story is a 1953 American film noir drama sport film directed by Robert Gordon and starring Coley Wallace, Hilda Simms and Paul Stewart.[1]
Plot
Biographical film about the story of boxer Joe Louis and his rise from poverty to becoming heavyweight champion of the world.
Cast
- Coley Wallace as Joe Louis
- Hilda Simms as Marva Trotter Louis
- Paul Stewart as Tad McGeehan
- James Edwards as Jack "Chappie" Blackburn
- John Marley as Mannie Selamon
- Dots Johnson as Julian Black
- Evelyn Ellis as Mrs. Barrows
- Carl 'Rocky' Latimer as Arthur Pine
- John Marriott as Sam Langford
- Ike Jones as Johnny Kingston
- P. Jay Sidney as John Roxborough
- Royal Beal as Mike Jacobs
- Herbert Ratner as Newspaper man
- Ruby Goldstein as himself
- Norman Rose as Lieutenant
- David Kurlan as Bartender
- Ralph Stantley as Nick, the Announcer
- Shorty Linton as himself
- Anita Ellis as herself - Nightclub Vocalist
- Ellis Larkins as himself
See also
References
- ^ A. W. (November 4, 1953). "The Joe Louis Story (1953) At the Holiday". The New York Times.
External links
- The Joe Louis Story at IMDb
- The Joe Louis Story is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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